Top serif on lowercase i could be longer

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Top serif on lowercase i could be longer #463

Open yannakopoulos opened 5 years ago

yannakopoulos commented 5 years ago

When compared to the top serifs on similarly-shaped l and j and even the left arm of t, the top serif on i seems incongruously short. Might it be extended to match the others?

chrissimpkins commented 5 years ago

Mind posting some images that demonstrate what you are describing? These issues are most easily addressed visually.

yannakopoulos commented 5 years ago

Sure, here's an example. Check out the shorter endings of the serifs on i compared to the letters directly above/below them.

Here's the same image with i overlaying some letters as best as I could arrange it on a difference layer, showcasing the longer serif (here the letters are black where they overlap and white where they don't.)

chrissimpkins commented 5 years ago

Yes will definitely take a look at this. Thanks for the images. I drew the i and don't remember if this was intentional or not. There may have been a rationale when positioned next to other glyphs. If there was I don't recall :)

Do you happen to draw? If so you are welcome to submit a PR and we can build it to have a look.

yannakopoulos commented 5 years ago

Sorry, I have no experience with drawing. Thanks for checking it out!