U+2139 in Noto Symbols should have serifs.

[roozbehp]

U+2139 INFORMATION SOURCE is a well-established sign that appears in airports etc. It always seems to have serifs (see for example https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/eurovis2012/images/venue/airport-directions.png and http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/information-sign-1259538.jpg).

But the version included in Noto Symbols does not have serifs. It should.

[marekjez86]

I did Google search on images https://www.google.com/search?q=information+booth+sign+i&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivptvrqMbLAhUS3mMKHdy8BeQQ_AUIBygB&biw=1324&bih=687

Looks that majority had Serif I, but there were some with Sans I.

This maybe culturally dependent. For example, Polish version had italic serif font as majority.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stoisko+informacyjne&espv=2&biw=1324&bih=687&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjItsKtqcbLAhVG32MKHUGcCEcQsAQIGw#tbm=isch&q=informacja

... and in China I've seen a question mark character (I think Sans)....

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Roozbeh Pournader < notifications@github.com> wrote:

U+2139 INFORMATION SOURCE is a well-established sign that appears in airports etc. It always seems to have serifs (see for example https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/eurovis2012/images/venue/airport-directions.png and http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/information-sign-1259538.jpg).

But the version included in Noto Symbols does not have serifs. It should.

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[roozbehp]

@marekjez86 Thanks for the data. This is not necessarily about what the the symbol for information is in different cultures, but what the character is and how it should be displayed. Also, try to discount the ones that appear in a circle: That's a separate Unicode character (U+1F6C8).

Anyway, it's clear that the sans-serif stand alone i does not pass the meaning of information source. We need a thick serif i.

[marekjez86]

@roozbehp agreed

[nizarsq]

Not sure what is the decision about U+2139 INFORMATION SOURCE to have serifs or not. Currently U+2139 doesn't have serifs

[SKing-2003]

U+2139 is not currently in either of the Noto Symbols fonts.

[simoncozens]

Yes; this has moved to LGC (and has serifs).