Re: [DejaVu-fonts] More cyrillic glyphs for Sans

[Stepan R. <st...@sr...>]

Hi.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Eugeniy Meshcheryakov wrote:

> 27 =FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF 2005 =FF=FF 19:29 +0100 Stepan Ro=
h =FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF(-=FF=FF=FF=FF):
>> Hello.
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, Andrew Zabolotny wrote:
>>
>>> in the DejaVuSans-Bold font; they have serious flaws, as seen from the
>>> attached PNG file:
>>>
>>> - U+42B/U+044B always overlap with the next glyph and leave too much
>>> space before them.
>>
>> Thanks for the report. I have no idea what causes it (volunteers?). Adde=
d
>> to Bugs page:
>> http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Bugs#U.2B042B_and_U.2B044B_=
behave_badly_in_Sans_Bold_or_Oblique
>>
> I do not know why this bug appears in Bold font, but I know why it does n=
ot
> appear in regular fonts - due to hints that set rigth bearing.
>
> Bug can also be reproduced in Windows. Also it can be seen in fontforge:
> open one of those glyps and choose View->Show Grid Fit.

You are right... amazing. Maybe we could set right bearing with hints as a=
=20
workaround? Keenan?

Have a nice day.

Stepan Roh