Bug 42627 - Shape of U+0472/U+0473 wrong
Summary: Shape of U+0472/U+0473 wrong
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: DejaVu
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Deja Vu bugs
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Reported: 2011-11-05 10:46 UTC by Alessandro Ceschini
Modified: 2011-11-25 10:21 UTC (History)
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CYRILLIC LETTER FITA (1.69 KB, image/png)
2011-11-07 03:23 UTC, Alessandro Ceschini
Details
Unicode Cyrillic Range (255.90 KB, application/pdf)
2011-11-07 03:26 UTC, Alessandro Ceschini
Details

Description Alessandro Ceschini 2011-11-05 10:46:19 UTC
Description of problem:
Hi
U+0472/U+0473 CYRILLIC LETTER FITA look like U+04E8/U+04E9 CYRILLIC LETTER
BARRED O. It should rather look like what it is in Times New Roman.
Please tell me if you need a pdf or a png showing the correct glyphs.
Regards
Comment 1 Ben Laenen 2011-11-06 11:40:46 UTC
Please give an example of how it should look like, because U+0427 and 04728 aren't present in Times New Roman (you are probably seeing a substituted font).

If you know something about it, do you have documentation that says that the current shape is not acceptable?
Comment 2 Alessandro Ceschini 2011-11-06 12:21:23 UTC
Hi Ben Laenen
No, it's Times New Roman, but the 5.1 version bundled with Vista/7, not the (free) one available for download at the Software Center. I'll make a pdf and then upload it.
By the way, the reason why the current shape is unacceptable is simple: because it's homoglyphic with U+04E8/U+04E9 CYRILLIC LETTER BARRED O. And since BARRED O must stay BARRED - otherwise it wouldn't be barred :) - then FITA has got to have a wavy bar.
Regards
Comment 3 Alessandro Ceschini 2011-11-07 03:23:47 UTC
Created attachment 53243 [details]
CYRILLIC LETTER FITA

This is my preferred shape.
Comment 4 Alessandro Ceschini 2011-11-07 03:26:53 UTC
Created attachment 53244 [details]
Unicode Cyrillic Range

But since the one above is maybe too "sophisticated" for a mainstream font like DejaVu, you can opt for the shape suggested by Unicode, which is rather than a way bar, a broken bar.
Comment 5 Denis Jacquerye 2011-11-25 10:20:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Created attachment 53244 [details]
> Unicode Cyrillic Range
> 
> But since the one above is maybe too "sophisticated" for a mainstream font like
> DejaVu, you can opt for the shape suggested by Unicode, which is rather than a
> way bar, a broken bar.

Thanks for the screenshot. For the Unicode code chart you don't need to upload the PDF here. A link is enough.

I guess it should be the same glyph as Cyrillic Oe or Barred o U+04E8 U+04E9.

There's also another glyph for the capital:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrillic_letter_Fita.png
Comment 6 Denis Jacquerye 2011-11-25 10:21:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)

> I guess it should be the same glyph as Cyrillic Oe or Barred o U+04E8 U+04E9.

Sorry I meant "should not be the same".


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