Style: Itatic: ambiguity between 'æ' and 'œ'
Bug #621157 reported by
Jacques DAFFLON
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Font Family |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The italicised æ looks more like an œ which can be confusing. This is an artifact created by the cursive italic a, which, when combined with the e to form an italicised æ looks virtually identical to œ.
David says: "The only word I have in English is Encyclopædia so it is not really important but in some other languages it can be as in French where some words coming from Latin use the æ like ex æquo (equal), and also Latin words for scientific use like tænia (tapeworm). But you can lose easily the meaning of a word if you misread the œ..."
Please treat the italicised æ in a custom, appropriate fashion.
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Two characters look alike + Style: Itatic: disambiguate 'æ' and 'œ' confusion |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: uff-latin uff-style |
tags: | added: uff-ligature |
tags: | added: uff-ambiguity |
summary: |
- Style: Itatic: disambiguate 'æ' and 'œ' confusion + Style: Itatic: ambiguity between 'æ' and 'œ' |
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status confirmed
Yes, I think this is an accidental consequence of the italicised a
styling, and should be addressed specially as a corner case in the
italicised "ae" design.
Mark