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The 尤, 冘 and 无 components may need unification

Open Marcus98T opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

I suggest that we should unify the 尤 and 冘 components (with my preferred JP form where 丿 and 乚 touches) for all regions whenever possible, saving a bit of glyph space. There's nothing that says the 丿 and 乚 should not touch for CN/TW/HK locales. This similar issue which I reported earlier for Serif is separate for Source Han Sans to avoid confusion.

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Here are the characters to review: 冘抌帎沈忱妉枕眈衴耽紞酖躭訦鈂馾黆魫黕邥瓭鸩鴆髧沊醓 莐霃萙 尢尤优扰犹沋忧肬蚘紌訧鱿魷就駀疣嵆鑙諬嵇稽 莸就僦噈憱殧蹴鹫鷲蹵

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The v1 reference is from a Source Han Sans fork called GenYoGothic (源樣黑體 TW version) as I cannot install v1 and v2 at the same time. Glyphs are largely the same as v1 Sans, especially those which are removed v1 JP glyphs.

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LEGEND Green - the v1 glyph can be restored to replace all locales. Blue - if possible, the v1 glyph may be restored to replace only the JP/KR/CN locales. Red - the glyphs to be replaced by the v1 JP glyphs. Orange - the glyphs to be adjusted, even those within the JP/KR locales, if ever so slightly. Magenta/Pink - Replace with v2 JP/KR forms and remove existing glyph. Light green - replace with HK form and adjust glyph. White - no change needed.

For 尤, I did put the character through my font list and it appears that maybe it should be treated separately for the CN region, but how the 丿 and 乚 strokes are applied is still inconsistent, especially between Sans and Serif. I probably suggest we review first and whether conforming all these characters containing 尤 to JP forms is acceptable for the CN region, and please comment with concrete evidence to prove otherwise.

Marcus98T avatar Jan 13 '22 19:01 Marcus98T

In addition to this, the 无 component should also be merged to the JP forms. Restore v1 JP glyphs if needed to replace the corresponding CN glyphs, otherwise for any essential regional difference, adjust the glyphs.

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Also applies to Serif. I am unfortunately too busy to list down what adjustments are exactly needed.

Marcus98T avatar May 31 '23 09:05 Marcus98T