Dagesh overlaps in heavier weights of Noto Sans Hebrew

[MAZ06]

Font

NotoSansHebrew[wdth,wght].ttf

Where the font came from, and when

https://github.com/notofonts/hebrew/releases/tag/NotoSansHebrew-v2.003

Font Version

Noto Sans Hebrew 2.003

OS name and version

Windows 11

Application name and version

Photoshop

Issue

The dagesh can sometimes overlap the next letter in the heavier weights as seen in the screenshots below. This seems to affect Black, SemiCondensed Black, Condensed Black, ExtraCondensed Black, Condensed ExtraBold, and ExtraCondensed ExtraBold.

Character data

יּה U+05D9 י U+05BC ּ U+05D4 ה

Screenshot

Left: Black, SemiCondensed Black, Condensed Black, ExtraCondensed Black Right: Condensed ExtraBold, ExtraCondensed ExtraBold

[MAZ06]

@simoncozens It seems that this is not fully fixed.

The יּה works now, but יּע still does not.

[MAZ06]

These too: וּש וּג וּט וּך וּכ וּס וּף וּפ וּץ יּע יּש יּג יּט יּכ יּס יּפ יּץ

[MAZ06]

And then these are cutting it pretty close: וּם וּמ וּח וּה וּת וּר וּנ וּן יּד

[MAZ06]

Almost every letter combination with yod and vav would have to have its own dagesh form if you're going to do it the way I saw in your code.

[simoncozens]

I don't think I'm doing it the way you think I'm doing it. :-)

The dagesh combines with the yod/vav to make a "dagesh form", not the letter after it. We just need a bit of kerning on those two glyphs.

[MAZ06]

Apologies. I'm obviously not much of a coder. But thanks for reopening this issue.

[MAZ06]

I retested all of these with the new Sans font:

Looks mostly fixed but a few are either still overlapping or cutting it pretty close: וּס וּפ יּכ