Bug 62428 - BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW (U+27A1) design is inconsistent with related BLACK ARROW (U+2B05-2B0D) glyphs
Summary: BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW (U+27A1) design is inconsistent with related BLACK ARR...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: DejaVu
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Mono Sans (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Deja Vu bugs
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Reported: 2013-03-17 02:05 UTC by Justin C
Modified: 2013-08-10 13:24 UTC (History)
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Comparison of BLACK ARROW glyphs at 10 and 30 size. (15.88 KB, application/pdf)
2013-03-17 02:05 UTC, Justin C 		Details
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Description Justin C 2013-03-17 02:05:54 UTC 
Created attachment 76634 [details]
Comparison of BLACK ARROW glyphs at 10 and 30 size.

I'm not entirely familiar with unicode, but it appears that the BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW (U+27A1) is stored in a unicode block for use as bullet symbols.

In the range of U+2B05-2B0D are a series of BLACK ARROWS that excludes the rightward arrow, and according to http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2700.pdf, U+27A1 completes this series of glyphs.

The problem I have is that the BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW does not have a design that is consistent with those related BLACK ARROW glyphs (see attachment).

I request that the BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROW (U+27A1) be changed to mirror the LEFTWARDS BLACK ARROW (U+2B05).  This would provide at least one set of arrows in the DejaVu Sans Mono typeface that is strongly visible in UXTerm at size 10 (and hopefully all terminal emulators by extension).
Comment 1 nocturnaldreamer 2013-08-08 20:53:08 UTC 
Mono does not have glyphs for U+2B05-U+2B0D yet. However it does have one for U+27A1, so what you are seeing is caused by font substitution.

Interestingly there IS an inconsistency in Sans with U+27A1, so thanks for reporting!
Comment 2 nocturnaldreamer 2013-08-10 13:24:04 UTC 
Small addendum: The missing black arrows have now been added to Mono.

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