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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon rsms

Tilde vertical position different fraction slash vs. fraction char

Open danilobuerger opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Describe the bug

When using ~1⁄2 (u+2044) vs ~½ (u+00bd) the vertical position of the ~ is different.

Screenshot 2021-10-27 at 16 05 15

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Render ~1⁄2 m ~½

Expected behavior The tilde should have the same vertical position

Screenshots see above

Environment

  • OS: iOS 15
  • Version of font: 3.19

danilobuerger avatar Oct 27 '21 14:10 danilobuerger

Repro link: https://rsms.me/inter/lab/?feat-frac=1&sample=~1%E2%81%842%20m%20~%C2%BD&size=68

This happens because the computed fraction (from the frac feature) is not recognized or classified as a "capital height" character and so the tilde is not replaced with a version adjusted for tall characters.

rsms avatar May 20 '22 17:05 rsms