Cyrillic: Ђ, Ћ, ђ, ћ look like latin "h" instead of Cyrillic Т
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Font Family |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Shiraaz Gabru |
Bug Description
Serbian Cyrillic letters Ђ and Ћ, and especially lowercase variants ђ and ћ, seem to be based on Latin lowercase h, which is wrong.
ћ in particular represents a soft Cyrillic t (т), and thus the horizontal crossbar should be roughly at the x-height. ђ is a harder version of that (it's a soft version of д, which is the non-sounding pair of т; however, the glyph itself was always derived from ћ). For the uppercase versions, it'd probably be nicer if the bowl was a bit wider (even at the expense of left-side top cross-bar), but that might just be my personal preference.
Possible solution in
Proposed solution:
1. Take the plain Cyrillic Т and work from that
2. Ђ: Add a hook descending below the baseline
3. Ћ: Cut the hook at the baseline
4. Take the plain Cyrillic т and work from that
5. ђ: Add a hook descending below the baseline, and an upwards extension like Latin 't'
6. ћ: Cut the hook at the baseline
7. Sanity check past Danilo (and PNG in comment #5 if confused)
8. Post to Canonical Design blog
tags: | added: uff-cyrillic uff-serbian |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | none → 0.82 |
summary: |
- Mono: Style: Cyrillic: Ђ, Ћ, ђ, ћ look like latin "h" instead of - Cyrillic Т + Cyrillic: Ђ, Ћ, ђ, ћ look like latin "h" instead of Cyrillic Т |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | 0.82 → 0.9x-design |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
assignee: | nobody → Shiraaz Gabru (shiraaz) |
tags: | added: needs-blog proposed-solution |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Confirming this too after wandering around Belgrade today. The local derived examples don't the bowl well below the x-height, and either the bar of the tee level with the x-height or fractionally above (presumably for balance).
My understanding (although the character/ligature has evolved) is that it's still a "hooked"/"bowled" tee, rather than (anything at all) to do with a Latin 'h' root.