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[feature request] Support for Greek language #56

Open uncinarynin opened 4 years ago

uncinarynin commented 4 years ago

I'm currently learning Greek, I looked for a Futura-like typeface that supports Greek and didn't find it, so I'm putting in this request. Though I guess it'll be tricky because there are a number of lowercase Greek letters that don't lend themselves easily to the geometric construction principles, for example ζ or ξ. If those look too calligraphic they wouldn't fit well with the rest of the typeface, if they look too geometric they might become awkward to read. It would probably be best to work on this with a native speaker familiar with Greek letter forms.

EwonRael commented 4 years ago

Thanks for adding this! I want to eventually make a big push for language support and these kinds of challenges are part of the joy of this work.

When I designed the cyrillic alphabet, I consulted with some Russian speakers to try and make sure it was legible. They weren't designers though, and I think the cyrillic alphabet comes off as something made by someone who isn't familiar with these letters. There are two issues open right now about those letters.

I'll keep you in the loop.

yoshiask commented 2 years ago

I humbly request that if you do add Greek, please don't forget the Coptic characters from U+03E2 to U+03EF!

stereo9 commented 2 years ago

greek letters would be a big plus, making the font usable for technical documents: α = √0,5(1+1/2) so far not displayable