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Old style (onum) digit shapes. #2508

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sh1boot opened this issue Sep 20, 2024 · 2 comments
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Old style (onum) digit shapes. #2508

sh1boot opened this issue Sep 20, 2024 · 2 comments

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@sh1boot
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sh1boot commented Sep 20, 2024

  • The requested variant shape does not go too far away from Iosevka's design.
  • The requested variant does not conflict with any characters in Unicode that Iosevka currently supports.
  • For each variant you requested, there are at least two monospace/programming fonts created by different designers supported the requested variant. Provide images below.

IMHO the digit shapes available now don't look right as old-style digits.

I think the 3 and 5 shouldn't curl back up at the bottom (9 has this option already, but 3 and 5 might have to be subtler).

And I think the diagonal stroke of the 4 typically extends above the x-height, but stays open at the top so the vertical bar starts at or below x-height. I usually think of the 4 diagonal being curved, just like the 7 can curve, but I don't know if that's intrinsic to the digit or just the typeface I'm used to.

I'll post this now and circle back with images of other fonts. I'm on my phone right now.

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Could you provide some sample images?

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sh1boot commented Sep 21, 2024

example 1
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I had to dig around for a while to find that last example with the open 4 that rises above the x-height, so maybe that's not as normal for "old style" as I thought. I still prefer it, because I feel like the closed triangle that stays under x-height looks unnaturally small, to me.

@be5invis be5invis added this to the Backlog milestone Sep 21, 2024
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