Re: [Freefont-bugs] Re: FreeFont numerals

[Primoz PETERLIN]

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On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:

> I'm a bit late on this, but I think Adobe's answer to this issue is
> the correct one.  The digits with the standard glyph names should be
> monowidth and lack kerning, but there should also be variable width
> versions that have kerning info.  Additionally, mono and variable
> width versions of oldstyle digits should also be included, the latter
> again with kerning.
> The glyph names they use for the variable width digits are of the form
> uniF6XX, in their corporate use block.

OK, I will move the kerned digits to U+F639-U+F641 area, as specified by
the <http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/type/corporateuse-old.txt>,
and make the ASCII digits (U+0030-U+0039) all the same width.

Now that I gave this issue another thought, I believe that in a well
designed typeface all these glyphs should be of the same width:

0023;NUMBER SIGN;Po;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
0024;DOLLAR SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
0030;DIGIT ZERO;Nd;0;EN;;0;0;0;N;;;;;
0031;DIGIT ONE;Nd;0;EN;;1;1;1;N;;;;;
0032;DIGIT TWO;Nd;0;EN;;2;2;2;N;;;;;
0033;DIGIT THREE;Nd;0;EN;;3;3;3;N;;;;;
0034;DIGIT FOUR;Nd;0;EN;;4;4;4;N;;;;;
0035;DIGIT FIVE;Nd;0;EN;;5;5;5;N;;;;;
0036;DIGIT SIX;Nd;0;EN;;6;6;6;N;;;;;
0037;DIGIT SEVEN;Nd;0;EN;;7;7;7;N;;;;;
0038;DIGIT EIGHT;Nd;0;EN;;8;8;8;N;;;;;
0039;DIGIT NINE;Nd;0;EN;;9;9;9;N;;;;;
00A2;CENT SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
00A3;POUND SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
00A4;CURRENCY SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
00A5;YEN SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
0E3F;THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;THAI BAHT SIGN;;;;
20A0;EURO-CURRENCY SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A1;COLON SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A2;CRUZEIRO SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A3;FRENCH FRANC SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A4;LIRA SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A5;MILL SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A6;NAIRA SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A7;PESETA SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20A8;RUPEE SIGN;Sc;0;ET;<compat> 0052 0073;;;;N;;;;;
20A9;WON SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AA;NEW SHEQEL SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AB;DONG SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AC;EURO SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AD;KIP SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AE;TUGRIK SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;
20AF;DRACHMA SIGN;Sc;0;ET;;;;;N;;;;;

(and perhaps some more, if some other national currency signs that I
missed are hidden somewhere outside the Currency Symbols area).

Right now, I have to admit that this requirement is not yet fulfilled by
typefaces other than the FreeMono family.

With kind regards,

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Primož Peterlin,   Inštitut za biofiziko, Med. fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani
Lipičeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija.  address@hidden
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