Issues with Thaana

[Kanjilearner817]

This website shows a number of issues with Noto Sans Thaana. http://kodefly.com/blog/articles/101

[dougfelt]

There's a new version of Thaana available on github and it appears to have addressed the combining mark positioning issue.

[dougfelt]

The handwriting issue appears to be unaddressed by this version.

[xiangyexiao]

I'll leave this issue open for discussion in Phase III.

[xiangyexiao]

still want to know whether the handwriting issue mentioned in the past is valid or not, and something we can do in Phase III.

[kmansourMT]

In October 2014, we had made multiple design changes in response to complaints about the font looking too much like handwriting.

[marekjez86]

@Kanjilearner817 : is there a copy of the article that existed on http://kodefly.com/blog/articles/101 I wanted to understand the issues and to check if we made progress on addressing them.

[Kanjilearner817]

Doesn't look like it. Didn't even know about the page's disappearance until today. Sorry.

[marekjez86]

@Kanjilearner817 : Thank you for checking.

[pathumego]

@inerds You wrote the post on http://kodefly.com, right?

[inerds]

My colleague @aliharis have re written the article with more insights https://medium.com/kodefly/is-noto-sans-thaana-relevant-29a8307fb6cb

[pathumego]

@marekjez86 here is what we discussed https://medium.com/kodefly/is-noto-sans-thaana-relevant-29a8307fb6cb

[simoncozens]

@aliharis: Does what you've written reflect the current state of Noto Sans Thaana? If the current style is unacceptable to the community then we need to get the font redrawn.

[inerds]

@simoncozens most issues mentioned in the article have been fixed. However i wouldn't consider current style as acceptable. Styling is definitely not as par the Noto standards.