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Lower case i and j dots misplaced in News Cycle font #131

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
The dots on the lower case i and j in the News Cycle font appear to the left of 
the vertical instead of above. The font had been fine before (I've been using 
it for over a month on a live site).

The problem was first raised in Issue 127 
http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/issues/detail?id=127  but since 
that issue was already closed I am starting a new one.

--What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I'm using a Mac (OS X 10.6.8), I see the problem on Chrome 18.0.1025.162, 
Safari 5.1.5 and Firefox 11.0. Have flushed caches and restarted. Fonts on iOS 
appear correct, at least. I re-generated the code for the font the Google web 
fonts "use" page and that still didn't fix the problem.

See attached screenshot from http://allegoriesandexperiences.com/
Font is also used on http://gagliostro.com and the problem is there as well 
On the first sites I've selected only the normal version of the font via the 
Google page; on the second site (a Drupal site which is accessing the webfont 
via a module) it's automatically calling both the normal and bold versions.

I gather from the comments from Issue 127 that this problem is only on some 
Macs. Maybe it's a subset issue following the fix from April 9?

Thanks very much, I hope this can be fixed because this is a beautiful font and 
I don't want to stop using it!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by do...@october29.com on 14 Apr 2012 at 1:33

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Wonder if this is a Snow Leopard (mac 10.6) issue. Font is rendering fine on my 
Macs running 10.5.8 and 10.7.3 on Safari, Chrome, Firefox, but I'm seeing the 
same i/j problem on my mac with 10.6.3. Really don't want to stop using this 
font, so hoping it can be fixed soon.

Original comment by gaynelle...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2012 at 3:52

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hello moderators? Is anybody reading this forum? Can this font be fixed or 
should we look elsewhere?

Original comment by do...@october29.com on 20 Apr 2012 at 3:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Contacted the News Cycle designer through launchpad. Reported as a related bug 
here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/newscycle/+bug/843725?comments=all

Previously I reported "bug" based on the #127 mash-up issue, but he was pretty 
sure it was a Google problem in that case. Since there was earlier dot i/j 
issue with font, perhaps he'll take an interest.

Also seeing that a certain pt. size, the dot now is simply missing, rather than 
misplaced. Most recent screen capture attached.

Original comment by gaynelle...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 2:48

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Thanks for following that angle. I think there's an additional (or perhaps) 
related issue with how the two font styles (400 normal and 700 bold) are saved 
at least on Google. When I try to enable News Cycle via the Drupal module, it 
only shows the one News Cycle selection box which activates both styles; 
whereas all the other Google fonts with multiple styles are able to be 
individually selected--which leads me to suspect that there's still a problem 
how the subsets are saved on the Google font version (and maybe an additional 
problem with hinting too). I'm going to switch to Font Squirrel to see if that 
works.

Original comment by do...@october29.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 1:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Could you report back on how Font Squirrel goes? I'm using a themetrust wp 
template that calls for Google fonts. Would have to ask my designer to 
investigate a way to get the font through different resource. (Don't want to 
replace with another Google sans serif fonts.) Thanks.

Original comment by gaynelle...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 4:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Just went to check my sites before starting to switch to Font Squirrel -- the 
Google version of News Cycles seems to be working fine now. Your site looks 
correct now too. Would have been nice if somebody had actually noted that in 
this forum.... Thanks again for posting on launchpad, I'm assuming that's what 
fast-tracked the fix.

Original comment by do...@october29.com on 27 Apr 2012 at 1:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Looks like they actually noted the fix (and reason for the problem) in the 
previous post 127. 
I only learned about it because I was on email notification for that issue too. 
Here's the link: 
http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/issues/detail?id=127

Had to clear cache, but glad to see it's working now.

Original comment by gaynelle...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2012 at 1:10

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