Contextually unnecessary alternative form of U+A9BF JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN CAKRA

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Font

NotoSansJavanese-Regular.otf

Where the font came from, and when

Site: https://github.com/notofonts/javanese/releases/tag/NotoSansJavanese-v2.005
Date: 2023-06-29

Font version

Version 2.005

Issue

The alternative, slightly truncated form of U+A9BF JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN CAKRA is used when there is a subjoined consonant. Many subjoined consonants are not wide enough to make the truncation necessary to avoid overlap. Should U+A9BF take its full form in such contexts?

Character data

ꦒ꧀ꦗꦿ
U+A992 JAVANESE LETTER GA
U+A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON
U+A997 JAVANESE LETTER JA
U+A9BF JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN CAKRA

Screenshot

[r12a]

Like this. (Yogyakarta font)

Much nicer.