Roboto Flex Greek

[irenevlachou]

I’ve started with the Roboto update, looking at the Greek of the Classic set and taking in mind the modifications in the Latin design of Roboto Flex.

My suggestion for the structural changes aren’t many and I think were essential for a more harmonious result between Latin and Greek. This new set of Greek is suitable to work well across the across Flex and Classic without any structural changes.

RobotoFlex-Greek adjusted-20200730.pdf

I have completed the Regular, centre master.

I’m attaching the links of the PDF and the UFO.

Here is the source:

https://github.com/TypeNetwork/Roboto-Flex/tree/master/sources/1A-drawings/Mains/RobotoFlex-Regular.ufo

and the proof:

https://github.com/TypeNetwork/Roboto-Flex/blob/32287f4792c1ea7fc6201f9407b208386e0544b4/docs/Proofs/Greek/RobotoFlex-Greek%20adjusted_20200730.pdf

@davelab6 @dberlow

[davelab6]

Sounds good to me. Will you roll out these changes to Classic, and then to Flex? Or the other way around?

[davelab6]

cc @m4rc1e

[dberlow]

This work is starting in flex but is for Classic, and will move into Classic repo once the default is approved. Its Greek subset will overwrite classic’s Greek in the classic repo.

Work on the other masters will also begin in flex, but then move the wdth and wght extremes for Classic, to that repo, with the Greek glyph subset Replacing the existing Classic’s Greek in the Classic masters.

[davelab6]

Isn't the glyph set in Classic much more extensive for all 3 LGC scripts, so isn't it better to do the work in Classic, then once that is done, move to Flex and as a first step copy and subset the glyphset?

[irenevlachou]

The glyph set of the Classic is bigger indeed. In the same time isn't compatible with any of Google Sets: GF Greek Core:

• complete GF Greek Plus:
• uni names instead of nice names
• Iota Adscript variants missing

extras:

• 8 glyphs that belong to the GF Greek Expert
• 7 glyphs that belong to the GF Greek Pro

and small caps only for the GF Greek Core.

Because of these irregularities in the set of Classic, my preference is to start the work of the GF Greek Core set on Flex, transfer the work in Classic and have first of all an approved quality Greek. In a later stage we can update the Polytonic set to cover the GF Greek Plus and the small caps.

[davelab6]

Got it. Thanks for explaining, that sounds good to me.

[irenevlachou]

All 5 masters of 14pt are done for the Greek:

20200810 Greek WIP commit:

complete Greek GF Core set for:

• RobotoFlex-wdth151

compatibility update across 5 masters

@sannorozco do your magic! :)

[irenevlachou]

20200903 Greek WIP commit:

complete Greek GF Core set for first parametric axes for Roboto Extremo:

• RobotoFlex-YTLC416
• RobotoFlex-YTLC570

Small update on "epsilon" outline:

• RobotoFlex-Regular
• RobotoFlex-wdth151

Decompose "kappa" from "ka" and "phi" from "ef" to fix compatibility with parametric masters:

• RobotoFlex-Regular
• RobotoFlex-wght100
• RobotoFlex-wght1000
• RobotoFlex-wdth25
• RobotoFlex-wdth151

[irenevlachou]

20200913 Greek WIP commit:

complete Greek GF Core set for opsz axes for Roboto Extremo:

• RobotoFlex-opsz8
• RobotoFlex-opsz144

Small update on:

1. delta compatibility
2. numeralsign, "lownumeralsign" spacing
3. upsilon double anchor fix

• RobotoFlex-Regular
• RobotoFlex-wght100
• RobotoFlex-wght1000
• RobotoFlex-wdth25
• RobotoFlex-wdth151
• RobotoFlex-YTLC416
• RobotoFlex-YTLC570

[fitojb]

What’s the status of this work? AFAICT, it never reached Roboto Flex or Classic for that matter.