Some cursive lowercase glyphs appear to have a different slant than the others

[JobLeonard]

Environment

Cascadia Code version number: 2105.24
Application (with version) used to display text: not relevant
OS platform and version: not relevant
Screen resolution (i.e. 220dpi): not relevant

Steps to reproduce

1. Use Cascadia Code v2105.24
2. Write something that involves a lowercase L, lowercase Y, and possibly some others

Expected behavior

A consistent slant for every glyph (except for block glyphs and similar "graphic" ones)

Actual behavior

I will use this screenshot of a doc comment to illustrate:

In an attempt to highlight the differences in perceived slants I added vertical pipes between the lines, while forcing my editor to use a small line height.

So first of all, I want to acknowledge that this is somewhat subjective, and that I might be alone in "reading" these glyphs this way. Having said that, to me the cursive lowercase L feels almost straight. The other glyphs appear to "align" with the slanted vertical pipe characters above and below their lines (although the lowercase Y also appears a bit less slanted than the rest of the glyphs, but it's not as jarring).

I know this is very nitpicky, and I don't want to criticize the designers of the cursive set - I think their design is cute overall, and I'm aware that font design is an art as much as a science, and more importantly that it's an incredible hassle to get it to "feel" just right. However, when quickly skimming text any cursive L's in the text really stand out a lot to me, kind of like how a single bold glyph among non-bold glyphs would stand out. They don't "disappear" into the whole word but break into individual characters, if that makes sense. And I think it's largely because of this difference in (perceived) slant.

(on a similar note the lowercase R breaks with the x-height in a way that makes dendrogram read a bit "wobbly", but that's probably overdoing the nitpicking)

[aaronbell]

Thanks for the response! I honestly haven't found that the /l to feel really 'out of slope' with the other letters, but I'll take another look at it.

The /r in particular is really challenging because without that little bit sticking up on the top left, it can be mistaken for an /n at a glance. But then it makes the letter feel taller, especially if the top right part of the /r is at the x-height. So there's a degree of balance there. These cursive forms can be surprisingly tough!

[mrclayman]

I really dig the new cursive styles. Great job to everybody involved.

That said, I tend to agree with @JobLeonard . I think the lowercase L could have just a wee bit more slant. The lowercase Y seems more or less ok IMO.

Thanks a lot for considering these remarks and a huge thanks again for the lovely job done on the font! :heart:

[genesi5]

Check whether if fontname is set like this. That helped me Before the fix

[JobLeonard]

@genesi5: was your reply meant to go below #468, where people explicitly ask for a non-cursive font version?

If not: I'm seeing the cursive variant glyphs just fine, I'm just nitpicking a bit on the style of an individual one (but the attempt to help is still appreciated!)