Refine some symbols in 8x16 font #4

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Sweetbread · 2024-03-08T18:50:00+01:00

Sweetbread commented

2024-03-08 18:50:00 +01:00

The built-in 'large' font (8x16) should change the following symbols:

Tilde ~ should be vertically centred relative to other glyphs (middle of a row height).
Apostrophe ' should be a straight, vertical mark with no left or right slant, so it may be used both to start and end quotes, etc.

These symbols follow conventional design in the smaller font.

ace_dent

The built-in 'large' font (8x16) should change the following symbols: - Tilde `~` should be vertically centred relative to other glyphs (middle of a row height). - Apostrophe `'` should be a straight, vertical mark with no left or right slant, so it may be used both to start and end quotes, etc. These symbols follow conventional design in the smaller font. --- *ace_dent*

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Sweetbread commented

2024-03-08 18:50:55 +01:00

I checked on Wikipedia (not the best source but though), current shapes of both tilde and apostrophe are acceptable, aren't they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde
The tilde (/ˈtɪldeɪ, -di, -də, ˈtɪld/)[1] ˜ or ~ ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
The apostrophe (' or ’) ...

Are the shapes you are proposing your personal preference or you can justify these changes?

I personally don't insist on the current shapes. I just don't see why they are wrong or discouraged.

dunkaist

I checked on Wikipedia (not the best source but though), current shapes of both tilde and apostrophe are acceptable, aren't they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde The tilde (/ˈtɪldeɪ, -di, -də, ˈtɪld/)[1] ˜ or ~ ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe The apostrophe (' or ’) ... Are the shapes you are proposing your personal preference or you can justify these changes? I personally don't insist on the current shapes. I just don't see why they are wrong or discouraged. --- *dunkaist*

Sweetbread commented

2024-03-08 18:51:20 +01:00

The current design matches historic DOS era usage.
Modern typography for those glyphs has changed, as extended characters are available:

opening and closing single quotes (in place of an apostrophe).
precomposed characters with a diacritic mark (in place of the tilde).
In fact, your wikipedia links illustrate this very well.

So the proposed change will match contemporary design and User expectation.
This design is already present in the smaller system font (shown in Asciivju).

ace_dent

The current design matches historic DOS era usage. Modern typography for those glyphs has changed, as extended characters are available: - opening and closing single quotes (in place of an apostrophe). - precomposed characters with a diacritic mark (in place of the tilde). In fact, your wikipedia links illustrate this very well. So the proposed change will match contemporary design and User expectation. This design is already present in the smaller system font (shown in Asciivju). --- *ace_dent*

Sweetbread commented

2024-03-08 18:51:35 +01:00

Okay, I spent some time reading the links I had provided. I agree that the new design is more correct.

dunkaist

Okay, I spent some time reading the links I had provided. I agree that the new design is more correct. --- *dunkaist*

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