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Interrobang Replacement? #477

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MAZ06 opened this issue May 13, 2024 · 3 comments
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Interrobang Replacement? #477

MAZ06 opened this issue May 13, 2024 · 3 comments

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@MAZ06
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MAZ06 commented May 13, 2024

Font

NotoSans[wdth,wght].ttf

Where the font came from, and when

https://github.com/notofonts/latin-greek-cyrillic/releases

Font Version

Noto Sans 2.013

OS name and version

Windows 11

Application name and version

Everything

Issue

The sans interrobang (U+203D) in Noto Sans looks...bad. It looks like a deformed letter P to me. The serif interrobang in Noto Serif looks fine. But even worse, U+1F67A (sans-serif interrobang ornament) from "Noto Sans Symbols 2" has a great looking interrobang!

In fact, U+203D is the odd one out among all the interrobangs. Out of all four interrobangs (U+203D, U+1F67A, U+1F679, U+1F67B), the first one (U-203D) is the only one where the exclamation point joins the top of the question mark.

I propose that the interrobang design from U+1F67A should replace the one in Noto Sans (U+203D). Doing this would also remove the strange discrepancy of two different interrobang designs.

This would also have to apply to the inverted interrobang (U+2E18).

Character data

U+203D ‽
U+1F67A 🙺
U+1F679 🙹
U+1F67B 🙻
U+2E18 ⸘

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EDIT:
To show this even more clearly, here's U+203D in the Black weight. The strangeness of the sans version is even more apparent.
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MAZ06 commented May 13, 2024

And while I'm on this topic, the exclamation points in U+203D (sans version only), U1F67A, U+1F67B, and U+2E18 look off center. U+1F679 and U+203D (serif version only) are the only ones that look correctly centered.

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fitojb commented Aug 11, 2024

Also, the inverted interrobang should hang below the baseline

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MAZ06 commented Aug 11, 2024

Also, the inverted interrobang should hang below the baseline

You're right! Good catch!

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