Re: unifont-jp: replace hiragana and katakana with izumi font?

[roytam]

Dear Paul,

Paul Hardy <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Roytam,
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 11:11 AM Paul Hardy <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:48 PM <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think hiragana and katakana with izumi font looks better than the
> > > one in unifont currently.
> > > and for half-width katakana, izumi font has separated "ANK" font named
> > > "Izumi Futura Light 16 dot Futura Light ANK font" in
> > > http://izumilib.web.fc2.com/izumi-bf/dl-eng.html.
> >
> > I can make both replacements in the unifont_jp version in the next
> > release, because it is such a new font for the Unifont package.
>
> I have put together an initial proposed set of Hiragana, Katakana, and
> Halfwidth Katakana glyphs for the next unifont_jp release.  Please
> scroll down to the "Release Notes" section of
> http://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html, where I have added the
> subsection "Planned Changes for unifont_jp" under the "Unifont 13.0"
> section.  That subsection contains a table with links to the new and
> old glyphs for comparison.
>
> The dakuten and handakuten shapes are not consistent.  Any
> recommendation on a standard version to pick?  I think having one
> pixel of separation between the two dakuten strokes looks clearer, but
> the Izumi Hiragana glyphs do not have that.
>
> Also, I drew U+309F (HIRAGANA DIGRAPH YORI).  If it exists in the
> Izumi font, please let me know--I did not see it.  I tried to match
> the style of the Izumi Hiragana glyphs.
>
> I would like to get feedback on the proposed changes from anyone who
> reads and writes Japanese before changing the glyphs in unifont_jp.
>

They look nice to me. Thanks.

> Thank you,
>
>
> Paul Hardy