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Missing: Greek Language Support #38

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tryoxiss opened this issue Nov 3, 2023 · 26 comments
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Missing: Greek Language Support #38

tryoxiss opened this issue Nov 3, 2023 · 26 comments
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tryoxiss commented Nov 3, 2023 •
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Missing Glyph(s)

Currently the font has a very limited selection of greek leters, which is unfortunte because while nieche they are commonly used in math, science, and computing.

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Currently the only supported characters are uppercase delta, omega, and lowercase Pi and Mu. This covers most cases, but full support would be nice. The most commonly used ones that are not implemented are Alpha and beta (for versions), lowercase gamma is often used in science. Uppercase Phi is also often used for math. I believe thats all the really important ones, but again they are all used not infrequently in certin fields.

Also, you should probably make a template for missing glyph(s).

Glyph(s) checklist

  • U+0391 Α Capital Letter Alpha
  • U+0392 Β Capital Letter Beta
  • U+0393 Γ Capital Letter Gamma
  • U+0394 Δ Capital Letter Delta
  • U+0395 Ε Capital Letter Epsilon
  • U+0396 Ζ Capital Letter Zeta
  • U+0397 Η Capital Letter Eta
  • U+0398 Θ Capital Letter Theta
  • U+0399 Ι Capital Letter Iota
  • U+039A Κ Capital Letter Kappa
  • U+039B Λ Capital Letter Lamda
  • U+039C Μ Capital Letter Mu
  • U+039D Ν Capital Letter Nu
  • U+039E Ξ Capital Letter Xi
  • U+039F Ο Capital Letter Omicron
  • U+03A0 Π Capital Letter Pi
  • U+03A1 Ρ Capital Letter Rho
  • U+03A3 Σ Capital Letter Sigma
  • U+03A4 Τ Capital Letter Tau
  • U+03A5 Υ Capital Letter Upsilon
  • U+03A6 Φ Capital Letter Phi
  • U+03A7 Χ Capital Letter Chi
  • U+03A8 Ψ Capital Letter Psi
  • U+03A9 Ω Capital Letter Omega
  • U+0386 Ά Capital Letter Alpha With Tonos
  • U+0388 Έ Capital Letter Epsilon With Tonos
  • U+0389 Ή Capital Letter Eta With Tonos
  • U+038A Ί Capital Letter Iota With Tonos
  • U+038C Ό Capital Letter Omicron With Tonos
  • U+038E Ύ Capital Letter Upsilon With Tonos
  • U+038F Ώ Capital Letter Omega With Tonos
  • U+03AA Ϊ Capital Letter Iota With Dialytika
  • U+03AB Ϋ Capital Letter Upsilon With Dialytika
  • U+03B1 α Greek Small Letter Alpha
  • U+03B2 β Small Letter Beta
  • U+03B3 γ Small Letter Gamma
  • U+03B4 δ Small Letter Delta
  • U+03B5 ε Small Letter Epsilon Missing: U+0190 Open E #6
  • U+03B6 ζ Small Letter Zeta
  • U+03B7 η Small Letter Eta
  • U+03B8 θ Small Letter Theta
  • U+03B9 ι Small Letter Iota
  • U+03BA κ Small Letter Kappa
  • U+03BB λ Small Letter Lamda
  • U+03BC μ Small Letter Mu
  • U+03BD ν Small Letter Nu
  • U+03BE ξ Small Letter Xi
  • U+03BF ο Small Letter Omicron
  • U+03C0 π Small Letter Pi
  • U+03C1 ρ Small Letter Rho
  • U+03C2 ς Small Letter Final Sigma
  • U+03C3 σ Small Letter Sigma
  • U+03C4 τ Small Letter Tau
  • U+03C5 υ Small Letter Upsilon
  • U+03C6 φ Small Letter Phi
  • U+03C7 χ Small Letter Chi
  • U+03C8 ψ Small Letter Psi
  • U+03C9 ω Small Letter Omega
  • U+03AC ά Small Letter Alpha With Tonos
  • U+03AD έ Small Letter Epsilon With Tonos
  • U+03AE ή Small Letter Eta With Tonos
  • U+03AF ί Small Letter Iota With Tonos
  • U+03CC ό Small Letter Omicron With Tonos
  • U+03CD ύ Small Letter Upsilon With Tonos
  • U+03CE ώ Small Letter Omega With Tonos
  • U+03CA ϊ Small Letter Iota With Dialytika
  • U+03CB ϋ Small Letter Upsilon With Dialytika
  • U+0390 ΐ Small Letter Iota With Dialytika And Tonos
  • U+03B0 ΰ Small Letter Upsilon With Dialytika And Tonos

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@tryoxiss This is part of the Greek Language Support project which I have plans to complete

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@tryoxiss I will also be adding an issue template for missing glyphs

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Add some Greek glyphs to bold #38
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Adds U+03B9 ι Small Letter Iota and started kerning new glyphs #38
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tryoxiss commented Dec 7, 2023

Screenshot 2023-12-06 003050

In the I-with-dots looking one they visually go slightly passed the edge of the beam, so I would extend them out a few more pixels. Other than that they look great!

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@tryoxiss Thanks I'm still working on them I'll keep everyone updated as I move forward with the glyphs and kerning

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Adds U+03B1 α and U+03CA ϊ #38
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v1.6.0 will definitely have Greek language support

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I have completed the first part of designing the Greek glyphs now I will start adding them to the bold and italic fonts after that I will start the kerning. I will leave this issue open until I am done and ready to release v1.6.0

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I might as well add small letter alpha as an alternative glyph to a

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mandrael commented Jan 2, 2024

Will ancient Greek be also part of the Greek upgrade? The letters are the same, but there are some additional accents here and there.

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@mandrael v1.6.0 will only have Modern Greek but definitely I will add Ancient Greek at a later update.

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tryoxiss commented Jan 5, 2024 •
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Looking good! Though U+03AG and U+03A9 seem to use a diffrent stroke weight to the others. The oens with variable weights/changing throughout the glyph also feel a little odd because of it, seems counter to the font but im sure theres a good reason for that. Capital delta also feels a bit weird having its top part be so small compared to the body.

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@tryoxiss U+03A9 Omega and Capital Delta are the original glyphs they where probably not made for a dedicated Greek font, I want to use the original glyphs when ever possible however I will try to adjust them slightly.

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tryoxiss commented Jan 8, 2024

@tryoxiss U+03A9 Omega and Capital Delta are the original glyphs they where probably not made for a dedicated Greek font, I want to use the original glyphs when ever possible however I will try to adjust them slightly.

Ahhh fair yeah. I do get the sense they were made earlier in the fonts developement before the style was fully decided though but still a good policy!

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@JapanYoshi the attached image is private

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@JapanYoshi Yes it can also work!!

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