Bottom left to top right stroke of lowercase xi (χ) too thin

[apoorvpotnis]

The bottom left to top right stroke of lowercase xi (χ) seems too thin in comparison to other characters. Is this a bug?

[jarnowicz]

not quite a bug; perhaps a misfeature: the program is following the parameters set in cbgreek, with concrete variations: the stroke is meant to be thinner in the original design.

[apoorvpotnis]

Hmm. I'll try to mail Claudio Beccari. Can the stroke width be changed/corrected in this font though?

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On Wed, 9 Aug, 2023, 5:58 am Luis Rivera, ***@***.***> wrote: not quite a bug; perhaps a misfeature: the program is following the parameters set in cbgreek, with concrete variations: the stroke is meant to be thinner in the original design. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALTDEZCUOJQIK3G4RPXGUMDXULKTZANCNFSM6AAAAAA3I4SJIU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jarnowicz]

Beccari and Knuth are the authors of the Metafont sources, wherefrom they were hacked and mftraced by me; but the font is now in OpenType format; I'd rather modify the glyph in FontForge, or something, if anything...

[jarnowicz]

I actually like the glyphs as they are, though I know I need to adjust some kernings if I get the time; but you may exercise your right to fork, as usual...

[jarnowicz]

Beccari and Knuth are the authors of the Metafont sources, wherefrom they were hacked and mftraced by me; but the font is now in OpenType format; I'd rather modify the glyph in FontForge, or something, if anything...

interested in the metafont source code?

[apoorvpotnis]

Yes, but I really don't know how to work with metafont, or know anything about modifying fonts, in general. But it'll be nice to have the sources. Thanks.

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On Wed, 9 Aug, 2023, 10:45 pm Luis Rivera, ***@***.***> wrote: Beccari and Knuth are the authors of the Metafont sources, wherefrom they were hacked and mftraced by me; but the font is now in OpenType format; I'd rather modify the glyph in FontForge, or something, if anything... interested in the metafont source code? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALTDEZCTND6QNPWB2HJGZATXUPAUTANCNFSM6AAAAAA3I4SJIU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[apoorvpotnis]

Upon closer inspection, it also seems that the outlines are not quite correct, probably an error due to conversion from metafont generated bitmaps. The lines which are supposed to be straight are not quite straight, but rather curves with very low curvature.

Here is an example of a not quite right serif on right hand lower side.

Of course these problems will never/rarely be found in regular usage, as one would need to zoom in really hard to notice these things.