Final Semkath [U+0724] rendered incorrectly when connected

Defect Report

Title

Final Semkath [U+0724] not rendering correctly when connected to another letter

OS name and version

macOS 14.0

Application name and version

Pages.app & the type tester in Safari here: https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Syriac

Issue

The latest Noto font version fixes the shape of U+0724 final semkath, and it is correctly drawn when in an isolated state. When the character is connected to any other letter, it is not drawn correctly. It appears as a non-final Semkath [U+0723] when it should instead have the final form (with the line down the middle). Note, I did not observe this incorrect behavior on the eastern variant of the Noto font.

Steps to reproduce Go to the type tester at https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Syriac and type [U+0724] on one line. Then on another line, type both Semkaths [U+0723] and [U+0724]

Observed Results The final semkath does not have the line going down the middle when it connects to the non-final Semkath. When isolated, it does have the line down the middle.

Expected Results The connected final-semkath should have a line down the middle when connected from the right.

This needs to only be fixed for the final version of the glyph since it should only apply in the final form. Attached is a patch which demonstrates what the uni0724.fina glyph should look like in its unweighted form:

diff --git a/sources/NotoSansSyriac.glyphs b/sources/NotoSansSyriac.glyphs
index 1723ce0..c3a8db5 100644
--- a/sources/NotoSansSyriac.glyphs
+++ b/sources/NotoSansSyriac.glyphs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
-.appVersion = "3243";
+.appVersion = "3259";
 .formatVersion = 3;
 DisplayStrings = (
 "/uni072B.fina",
 "/uni0712.init",
-"᷺/uni071B.init.longG"
+"᷺/uni071B.init.longG",
+"ܤ",
+"/uni0724.fina"
 );
 axes = (
 {
@@ -15435,7 +15437,7 @@ unicode = 1828;
 },
 {
 glyphname = uni0724.fina;
-lastChange = "2022-12-15 11:31:32 +0000";
+lastChange = "2024-05-21 08:05:26 +0000";
 layers = (
 {
 anchors = (
@@ -15511,6 +15513,15 @@ nodes = (
 (687,76,o),
 (574,76,cs)
 );
+},
+{
+closed = 1;
+nodes = (
+(418,-70,l),
+(491,-70,l),
+(490,5,l),
+(418,5,l)
+);
 }
 );
 width = 891;

notofonts / syriac