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ohbendy / Phake-Ramayana

The Phake Ramayana font is a traditional design based on manuscript forms. It supports Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Tai Khamyang, Tai Turung and Tai Khamti languages.
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Numerals #12

Closed ohbendy closed 2 years ago

ohbendy commented 3 years ago

Well, here's a first draft of the numerals. I've kept the Burmese style as alternates in case users prefer to use those.

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I find the shape of the Phake 2 somewhat alarming, and perhaps the 3 would work better with a blob like the 4?

Let me know your thoughts! :)

ohbendy commented 3 years ago

Some revisions to the 2 and 3, and the blobs are more consistent in size throughout:

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For me these work a bit better.

StephenMorey commented 3 years ago

I think the second set works better, I like most of them a lot. Kensan, I think zero should not have the blob/black dot because it looks exactly the same as wa right now. I haven't seen any manuscripts with a zero that has the blob in it, are there any examples? As for 2, we have the alternative AA79 so I think this is OK but it still a bit unusual.

ohbendy commented 3 years ago

I found another example of the funny 2 at the beginning of the first line here:

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It looks as though there's a bit more of a dot at the top of the stroke, I'll try reinterpreting what we have to emphasise the head a little. It's definitely an odd shape compared to the others.

I agree about the zero, though in Burmese the zero and Wa are also normally the same and it doesn't seem to cause too many problems. So we could either remove the dot or make the dot slightly different:

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ohbendy commented 3 years ago

Here's a 2 with the dot, and without. Let me know which you find best.

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ChowKensan commented 3 years ago

Yes, usually there should not be dot in numeral zero but I have found this in manuscripts. But now I think it will create confusion so it would be better to remove it. Here are the pictures:

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Picture 1, second line, 'sip hok pii' (age 16) Picture 2, second line, 'saao pii' (age 20)

ChowKensan commented 3 years ago

For numeral 2, its fine without dot.

ChowKensan commented 3 years ago

All the numbers are very beautiful. I would love to use these more than usual Burmese numbers :)

StephenMorey commented 3 years ago

Thanks for this Kensan, it is clear that we need a dot on the ʹzeroʹ, as shown in this writing of nai 10 6 pi (get 16 years) image

ohbendy commented 3 years ago

Ok default version of the zero is dotted; the Burmese style is included as alternate without dots.