Zero - hinting the dot #104
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@qgates Its a hinting bug. Right now we are working on 1.0.3 which will have manual hinting. It will address the problems like this. |
— Added support of Box Drawings 159 symbols #84 #55 — Added ligature `<--` #95 — Removed the `\/` & `/\` ligatures #65 #76 #78 #83 — Corrected behaviour of ligatures in a glob pattern #88 — Changed the `$` & dependent glyphs #110 — Added no-break space #94 — Corrected unexpected `>=` ligature usage in `>=<` sequence — Refactored `w`, `W`, `m`, `M` — Slightly tuned ascenders & descenders — Added support of Mongolian language #81 — Better placement of the dot in 0 #104 — Reorganised family names #122
— Added support of Box Drawings 159 symbols #84 #55 — Added ligature `<--` #95 — Removed the `\/` & `/\` ligatures #65 #76 #78 #83 — Corrected behaviour of ligatures in a glob pattern #88 — Changed the `$` & dependent glyphs #110 — Added no-break space #94 — Corrected unexpected `>=` ligature usage in `>=<` sequence — Refactored `w`, `W`, `m`, `M` — Slightly tuned ascenders & descenders — Added support of Mongolian language #81 — Better placement of the dot in 0 #104 — Reorganised family names #122 — Updated download link in README.md
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@philippnurullin seem to be having the same issue in v1.0.3. Tested in Sublime Text and VSCode. At some sizes the dot is centred correctly, but some it's too high or too low. |
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As an aside, it would be nice if the dot was more of a dot and less of a line. It may be my imagination but the dot looks more like a line and seems to fill most of the zero now in 1.0.3 |
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@qgates Hi, can you provide the screenshots of |
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Here you go. As you can see 10-13 are fine, 14 and 15 are too high (16 is the same), 17 is too low (18 the same), 19 too high (20 the same), 21 too low etc. These shots were taken in Sublime Text running on win10.
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Now that I've been working with JBM for a little while the dot (line) definitely clutters the zero a bit much. Reducing its length a little, towards a dot, would provide a cleaner reading experience overall imo. |
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@qgates In the 1.0.3 the dot was enlarged to be more pronounced & work better with PostScript hinting. Ok, in 1.0.4 i will me it smaller & we will see how its working. The ideal placement of the dot in all sizes achievable only with TrueType hinting but its not woking well with some things we want to introduce in future, so bear with us until we find a way to add it. |
— Added 3 lighter weights with matching italics #1 SemiLight — Special for the dark background. It’s a slightly more thin version of Regular. Light — Will perform best on HiDpi in more big sizes. ExtraLight — If you want to go even thinner. Recommended for presentation mode. — Added Variable format for more precise weight tuning. — Project migrated from FontLab to Glyphs. Source in UFO provided. — *ML comment ligatures are vertically misaligned #77 — Ligatures in a glob pattern look inconsistent #88 — Zero - hinting the dot #104 — Big space above text in OneNote #210 — Corrected hinting #218 #235 #239 #252 — Monospaced detection errors #227 #230 — Wrong interpretation in "<||> |>" #234 — Reworked % ‰ #236 — Missing some Powerline symbols #240 — Disable `>-` ligature when followed by `<` (`>-<`) #251 — Add the Latin Capital Letter Sharp S (U+1E9E) #262 — Added superior & inferior numbers ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉ — Fine tuning of capital, ascender & descender metrics — Raised the bar in `f` to work better in context of the line — More spacing tuning in arrow ligatures — Corrections in -< -<< <— <!— — More pronounced bar in Ħ Ŧ ћ ħ đ ŧ — Correct u+02C9 placement — Corrected placement of Ogonek in Uogonek — Corrections in Vietnamese diacritics
Further to #25, I have similar issues with the dot in zeros being off-centre at some font sizes. Probably my OCD, but I'd love to see the dot centred correctly at all sizes.
Kudos for all the work that's gone into JBM, it's my new coding font. Much cleaner than Fira and a welcome change from the my old trusty (but serif-heavy) Consolas.
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