all-on character misaligns when adjusting spacing

keshikan / DSEG

7-segment and 14-segment font 7セグ・14セグフォント

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all-on character misaligns when adjusting spacing #6

Closed SkyCharger001 closed 4 years ago

SkyCharger001 commented 7 years ago

in both openOffice and LibreOffice the following problem exists. when tightening the spacing between characters (a technique I'd like to use to create the feel of a display that has jammed as many 14-segs per row as possible) the all-on symbol (which combined with a very dark shade I use to create the look of an all-dimmed 14SEG, but color is not the issue for this problem) gets misaligned in relation to the other characters.

I think this may be due to not adjusting the '~'s spacing data to match the rest.

keshikan commented 7 years ago

Hi, please tell me more details.

Font family name (DSEG14 Classic?)
How to reproduce the problem
Screenshot

I tried using "DSEG14 Classic-Italic" in LibreOffice5 Writer. But I couldn't find any problems in case of tightening the spacing. (See attachment)

prob1

SkyCharger001 commented 7 years ago

The issue isn't visible when using only one line using DSEG14-modern-regular, size 20 OpenOffice spacing -2pt for selected lines

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Both lines should have the same length.

keshikan commented 7 years ago

I found the problems due to (may be) Office application.

When I changed font color, the spacing were changed too , and the problem you said were reproduced. Moreover, when unifying color-settings, the problem were resolved. (see attachment)

I think the problem is not caused by DSEG.

P.S. DSEG series (including DSEG14 Modern-Regular) have monospaced glyphs except colon',' and space' ' character.

prob2

SkyCharger001 commented 7 years ago

One of the key 'scenes' requires multiple shades of red to represent the uneven dimming and flickering of a device with low batteries, so that work-around is not an option for me. So, for now at least, I'll keep the reduced spacing for just the depiction of the whole device (which only depicts its off-state and thus shows only inactive 14-seg units)