3.6 KiB
Recommended additions
to Google Fonts 2016 Glyph Sets
Although Plus, Pro and Expert sets provide extensive language coverage there may be particular design cases where additional characters would be helpful to have.
Here is a list of popular ligatures that are recommended for addition on a case-to-case basis:
f_b
f_f_b
f_h
f_f_h
f_j
f_f_j
f_k
f_f_k
f_t
f_f_t
c_k
c_p
e_t
l_l
s_p
t_h
t_t
t_z
Space Characters
Space Characters Design Standards — Microsoft Typography
Better Components Generation in Glyphs
By adding the following glyphs, you will enable auto-generation of many components for the GF Latin encodings.
DZ
Dz
dz
slashlongcomb
slashshortcomb
Armenian Dram
Armenian Dram currency symbol is a recommended addition to any Cyrillic-supporting fonts, due to popular use of Russian in Armenia.
0x058F ֏ dram-arm
Better Vietnamese
Stacked Vietnamese accents may require custom tailoring. This can be achieved by adding additional accents. Glyphs will automatically place these newly created accents were applicable.
Image: ecircumflexacute, circumflexcomb_acutecomb and acutecomb
Recommended glyphs for better Vietnamese diacritics.
brevecomb_acutecomb
brevecomb_gravecomb
brevecomb_hookabovecomb
brevecomb_tildecomb
circumflexcomb_acutecomb
circumflexcomb_gravecomb
circumflexcomb_hookabovecomb
circumflexcomb_tildecomb
Further reading: Customized Vietnamese accents
Polish Kreska
Polish Kreska shares the same unicode as the acute accent, however it is designed differently. Explore Adam Twardoch's guidelines on Polish Kreska
Here is a list of additional glyphs for better Polish support:
Cacute.loclPLK Nacute.loclPLK Oacute.loclPLK Sacute.loclPLK Zacute.loclPLK cacute.loclPLK nacute.loclPLK oacute.loclPLK sacute.loclPLK zacute.loclPLK acutecomb.loclPLK acutecomb.loclPLK.case
STRASSE or Straße?
The Google Lating Plus encoding includes ẞ Germandbls U+1E9E.
Does your font include Small Capitals? For better compatibility you may consider adding the germandbls.calt glyph to access ẞ U+1E9E in Small Caps fonts. In Glyphs go to Glyph > Add Glyphs, and paste this code:
Germandbls=germandbls.calt
Add this calt feature:
sub @Uppercase germandbls' @Uppercase by germandbls.calt;
sub @Uppercase @Uppercase germandbls' by germandbls.calt;
Duodecimal(dozenal) notation
Add these glyphs for single-digit representations of numbers 10 and 11.
U+218A (turned digit two)
U+218B (turned digit three)
Recommended links for further reading:
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How to draw a Capital Sharp S by Ralf Herrmann
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Localize Your Font: German Capital Sharp S by Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
N.B. The question of German Uppercase Capital Sharp S is still highly debatable, and its usage hasn't passed into the official orthography.
Cyrillic component building
These glyphs are used for component building and are non-exportable. Don't forget to set the non-export tag.
descender-cy
descender-cy.case
verticalbar-cy
verticalbar-cy.case
Recommended links:
Pablo Impallari's Latin encoding