| 2010-08-20 13:59:52 |
Jacques DAFFLON |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2010-08-21 06:15:40 |
Mark Shuttleworth |
lp-bug-form: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2010-08-23 09:22:32 |
Richard Henry Lee |
affects |
lp-bug-form |
ubuntu-font-family |
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| 2010-08-23 10:13:33 |
Mark Shuttleworth |
description |
This was noticed by David on the Canonical design blog in the article about italics in the Ubuntu font: http://design.canonical.com/2010/08/a-true-italic/
You can see in the last picture that the æ looks more like an œ which can be confusing when reading if someone misinterpret the character...
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...
The solution I think of is to change the aspect of the a in the æ such that it doesn't look like the œ. But I'm just a beginner... |
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.
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| 2010-08-23 11:35:47 |
Paul Sladen |
summary |
Two characters look alike |
Style: Itatic: disambiguate 'æ' and 'œ' confusion |
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| 2010-08-23 11:35:51 |
Paul Sladen |
ubuntu-font-family: importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2010-08-23 11:36:17 |
Paul Sladen |
tags |
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uff-latin uff-style |
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| 2010-08-23 11:37:37 |
Paul Sladen |
tags |
uff-latin uff-style |
uff-latin uff-ligature uff-style |
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| 2010-08-23 12:02:15 |
Paul Sladen |
summary |
Style: Itatic: disambiguate 'æ' and 'œ' confusion |
Style: Itatic: ambiguity between 'æ' and 'œ' |
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| 2010-08-23 12:02:15 |
Paul Sladen |
tags |
uff-latin uff-ligature uff-style |
uff-ambiguity uff-latin uff-ligature uff-style |
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| 2010-09-02 16:25:11 |
Paul Sladen |
tags |
uff-ambiguity uff-latin uff-ligature uff-style |
uff-ambiguity uff-glyph-redesign-request uff-latin uff-ligature uff-style |
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| 2010-09-29 04:05:50 |
Paul Sladen |
ubuntu-font-family: status |
Confirmed |
Fix Released |
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