Re: characters with diereses in Vera Sans Roman, Bold

[<Jim Gettys hp com>]

Thank you for the observation.

We'll look into it...
                     - Jim

> Sender: fonts-admin gnome org
> From: KANOU Hiroki <kanou mil allnet ne jp>
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:10:20 +0900
> To: fonts gnome org
> Cc: kanou mil allnet ne jp
> Subject: characters with diereses in Vera Sans Roman, Bold
> -----
> I downloaded the beta version of Bitstream Vera family and
> noticed that dieresis (or umlaut, trema) in U+00DC (LATIN
> CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIERESIS, &uuml;) is not lined up
> with the center of U, in large sizes.
> 
> For example, in the outline of Vera Sans Bold, center of U is
> at 831 and dieresis is centered in 807. I and i with diereses
> and these characters in Vera Sans Roman also have misalinments,
> to a lesser extent.
> 
> I, U and i in sans serif typefaces have very geometrical
> shape and have clear stems. This makes misalignments very
> visible. Therefore, if not designer's special intent exist,
> it should be geometrically centered in upright faces.
> 
> KANOU hiroki <kanou mil allnet ne jp>
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