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skosch / Crimson

The Crimson Text typeface
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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some kerning pairs involving "a" are off point. #59

Closed demoy closed 7 years ago

demoy commented 7 years ago

screenshot_20170319_123543

a+b, a+f, a+i, a+m, a+n, a+r, a+t, a+u, and a+z. Have too much spacing relative to the other a combinations making words containing those combinations appear to have gaps.

Note: using (linux) opensuse tumbleweed.

skosch commented 7 years ago

What the heck, I've never seen this before. The kerning looks wonky all over, even between letters (e.g. au). What font file is this? Are you on the ufo branch?

demoy commented 7 years ago

@skosch, I been using the precompile otf files since saturday. Edit: Please Note, I added 4 spaces before faulty kerning pairs such as "am" but no spacing is added between letter pairs. So those appearing on the left are fine, while those an the right are wonky. Sorry for any confusion.

demoy commented 7 years ago

Here is a small section taken from calibre screenshot_20170320_115340 . Pay attention only to "a"s: notice that the space [ IE " "] following the word "a" is wider than the space preceding it.

skosch commented 7 years ago

Can you do me a favour and try the file from the "ufo" branch? It's the up-and-coming (and hopefully cleaned-up) version. Could you report back whether the issue is fixed there? Thank you!

demoy commented 7 years ago

@skosch okay

demoy commented 7 years ago

@skosch thanks, that solved it.

skosch commented 7 years ago

Cool. There's a good chance that other things are off with those files, though, especially regarding vertical metrics. Please report back if you notice anything amiss!