notofonts / siddham

Noto Siddham
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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'kern' should not be used for required positioning #17

Closed dscorbett closed 1 year ago

dscorbett commented 2 years ago

Font

NotoSansSiddham-Regular.otf

Where the font came from, and when

Site: https://github.com/notofonts/siddham/releases/tag/NotoSansSiddham-v2.003 Date: 2022-09-12

Font version

Version 2.003

Issue

'kern' is supposed to be for optional kerning, but at least some of this font’s 'kern' rules are necessary to correctly place vowel signs. Such rules should be in 'dist'. This is a broad problem for which I am providing a single representative example.

Character data

π‘–—π‘–Ώπ‘–—π‘–± U+11597 SIDDHAM LETTER NYA U+115BF SIDDHAM SIGN VIRAMA U+11597 SIDDHAM LETTER NYA U+115B1 SIDDHAM VOWEL SIGN II

Screenshots

π‘–—π‘–Ώπ‘–—π‘–± Correct rendering with 'kern' enabled: π‘–—π‘–Ώπ‘–—π‘–±