Variable TTF "k" broken on Windows 11

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Development repo of Inconsolata Fonts by Raph Levien

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Variable TTF "k" broken on Windows 11 #84

Open raggi opened 1 year ago

raggi commented 1 year ago

mikedug commented 1 year ago

What version of the font are you using and in what application are you seeing this broken k? Some steps to repro would be helpful.

raggi commented 1 year ago

The current version in main, here: [Inconsolata[wdth,wght].ttf](https://github.com/googlefonts/Inconsolata/blob/main/fonts/variable/Inconsolata%5Bwdth%2Cwght%5D.ttf)

The Windows 11 built-in font viewer, at 22621.1265

mikedug commented 1 year ago

thanks. Yes, the hinting in the version of the font you point to, is completely broken. Looks like the incorrect hinting has been imported into this font somehow. @m4rc1e

m4rc1e commented 1 year ago

Thanks, I'll take a look.

yanorei32 commented 2 weeks ago

I came across this issue on Twitter, thanks to @kory33. I confirmed that this rendering issue can be reproduced in my environment, at least on Windows 7 (no Service Pack), Windows Server 2022 21H2, and Windows 11 Pro 23H2. From this, it is clear that the issue is not limited to Windows 11. It appears to me that the issue is not only with the lowercase letter 'k', but also with the uppercase 'K', question mark '?' and lowercase 'f'.