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clauseggers / Playfair

Playfair is a general purpose Open Source typeface family
https://forthehearts.net/playfair2_0/
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Size of numbers #13

Closed My6UoT9 closed 5 years ago

My6UoT9 commented 6 years ago

The sizes of numbers 0-9 varies quite much. While in the example image, there are examples of different numbers.

All in all this makes numbers looks strange. like 20%

pdg

I tried by download the ttf font from here, and tested in Word .. made no difference.

Is this intended? I mean it certain number combinations look great - despite different size. But not all combinations, especially when mathematical signs are add.

jacobp100 commented 5 years ago

We're also having this issue - old style nums is the default setting.

Google Fonts strips out all OpenType features, so I can't enable lining nums via CSS. I can use a version of the font from somewhere else, but even with flattening opentype features, subsetting, I can't get it to be anywhere close to as small as Google Fonts gets it 😔

What do you think about making lining nums the default?

RuixiZhang42 commented 5 years ago

I’m not quite sure about making lining+tabular numbers the default (well, lining perhaps, but tabular?). As the name “Display” suggests:

I think [Playfair Display] makes an excellent font for titles and headlines (especially the beautiful italic), however, for long stretches of body copy the delicate, high-contrast strokes might hinder readability, especially when used at smaller sizes. — Quote from Typewolf

As the name indicates, Playfair Display is well suited for titling and headlines. — Quote from Mana Habibian

jacobp100 commented 5 years ago

I was only suggesting making lining numbers default. Tabular numbers shouldn’t be a default

RuixiZhang42 commented 5 years ago

@jacobp100 I see. The OP had the rather confusing term “size” and also had an emphasis on usage in the context of math. I then conclude that “same size in math” corresponds to “lining+tabular”, since math fonts usually (and should always) make lining+tabular numbers the default.

My6UoT9 commented 5 years ago

Yes I used the term "size" wrongly. I looked up lining/tabular, in those words it would be "proportional lining" what I am looking for.

Defining Old Style, Lining, Proportional, and Tabular Figures

clauseggers commented 5 years ago

These are not Playfair issues. Closed.