Bug 51968

Summary:	Inverted question/exclamation marks (¿¡) should be lower than baseline
Product:	DejaVu	Reporter:	Samuel Hym <samuel.hym>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Deja Vu bugs <dejavu-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	fitojb
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
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Description Samuel Hym 2012-07-10 23:31:01 UTC

Hello,

The dot of inverted question and exclamation marks (¿ and ¡) should be at x-height (they should hang under the baseline, somewhat so that “¿x?” be symmetric with regards to the center of the “x”).

This is how it is rendered in fonts designed by native Spanish speakers, such as
http://www.google.com/webfonts#ReviewPlace:refine/Collection:Buenard

Best regards,
Samuel

Comment 1 Adolfo Jayme 2012-07-22 02:29:25 UTC

FWIW, other fonts such as Tahoma/Verdana also have inverted question and exclamation marks at the baseline. So it seems to be a matter of the designer's preference. But I agree, ¿ and ¡ should hang below the baseline.

Comment 2 Samuel Hym 2012-07-30 14:14:02 UTC

That's why I did not dare report this as a bug until I attended a talk by a Spanish type designer (http://typerepublic.com/) explaining the need for native Spanish speakers designing types, among other things to get ¿ and ¡ correctly designed.

Comment 3 nocturnaldreamer 2013-09-04 19:16:25 UTC

Hi, thanks for reporting. The inverted marks ¡¿⸘ have been lowered to x-height. You can find a snapshot containing the changes at http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/snapshots/ within 24 hours.

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