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- From: pcj1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Pierre Jelenc)
- Subject: help with accent design
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.205519.16803@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: pcj1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Pierre Jelenc)
- Organization: Columbia University
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:55:19 GMT
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- I would like the advice of people with experience in the design of fonts
- with diacritical marks.
-
- I am in the process of modifying a couple of LaserJet fonts to add several
- accented letters, including capitals. The problem is that there is not
- enough free space above the letters as they are now to accomodate the accents
- without bumping into the descenders from the preceeding line.
-
- I can see three possibitities:
-
- - Squeeze in the accents in whatever space there is and ignore the possi-
- bility of collision with the descenders.
-
- - Increase the headroom above the letters to accomodate the accents, and
- ignore the increased leading this introduces. Since accented capitals
- are rare, this increased blank space would most likely be quite noticeable.
- In that case, should I designate the font by its original point size, or
- should I take the increase into account?
-
- - Squash the capitals that need an accent, so that the letter + accent fit
- in the same space as the unaccented letter. Can that be done without
- totally destroying the appearance of the letters?
-
- I am especially interested in comments from people with experience in such
- languages as Czech, Croatian, and Slovenian, since these use variously
- shaped diacritics on both consonants and vowels.
-
- Many thanks,
-
- Pierre
-
-
- Pierre Jelenc pcj1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
- Columbia University, New York
-