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
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.
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.
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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