Re: unifont-jp: replace hiragana and katakana with izumi font?

[Paul Hardy]

Roytam,

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 11:11 AM Paul Hardy <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:48 PM <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I think hiragana and katakana with izumi font looks better than the
> > one in unifont currently.
> > and for half-width katakana, izumi font has separated "ANK" font named
> > "Izumi Futura Light 16 dot Futura Light ANK font" in
> > http://izumilib.web.fc2.com/izumi-bf/dl-eng.html.
>
> I can make both replacements in the unifont_jp version in the next
> release, because it is such a new font for the Unifont package.

I have put together an initial proposed set of Hiragana, Katakana, and
Halfwidth Katakana glyphs for the next unifont_jp release.  Please
scroll down to the "Release Notes" section of
http://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html, where I have added the
subsection "Planned Changes for unifont_jp" under the "Unifont 13.0"
section.  That subsection contains a table with links to the new and
old glyphs for comparison.

The dakuten and handakuten shapes are not consistent.  Any
recommendation on a standard version to pick?  I think having one
pixel of separation between the two dakuten strokes looks clearer, but
the Izumi Hiragana glyphs do not have that.

Also, I drew U+309F (HIRAGANA DIGRAPH YORI).  If it exists in the
Izumi font, please let me know--I did not see it.  I tried to match
the style of the Izumi Hiragana glyphs.

I would like to get feedback on the proposed changes from anyone who
reads and writes Japanese before changing the glyphs in unifont_jp.

Thank you,


Paul Hardy