Wrong glyph for U+23B7 RADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM

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OpenType Unicode fonts for Scientific, Technical, and Mathematical texts

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Wrong glyph for U+23B7 RADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM #165

Closed dscorbett closed 3 years ago

dscorbett commented 3 years ago

U+23B7 RADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM does not connect with other radical symbol pieces, which are unified with the box drawing symbols U+2502 and U+250C. L2/00-159 says that “the vertical stroke must be truly vertical and centered, not slanted.” Here it is below U+2502. │␤⎷

tiroj commented 3 years ago

Both forms are included in the font (and also parts used in automated assemblies). Will switch the encoding to the upright glyph. Thanks.

tiroj commented 3 years ago

Hmm. The upright variant seems not to be used in any layout, and is probably a artefact from older STIX fonts or unrealised plan. Totally different glyphs are used in assemblies.

I can revise /uni23B7/ to be vertical and align with the box drawing symbols, but using box draw characters to build radical symbols seems like an old hack. How widespread is that vs using MATH table handling?

dscorbett commented 3 years ago

I don’t know. I imagine it’s not common nowadays.

tiroj commented 3 years ago

Fixed v2.10 b152