Different dots on the letters i and j?

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4 total messages Started by DJ_Dekker Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:25

#1482

Author: DJ_Dekker
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:25

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In Adobe Garamond Premier Pro, the dots on top of the letters i and j look different. They seem not to be aligned equally high. This looks awkward in words where i and j follow each other. Especially in a language like Dutch the combination 'ij' is very common, and prints awkwardly in GPP. Is there a way to get identical dots above both letters?

Re: Different dots on the letters i and j?

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Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:39

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Ooh, they're not even constructed from the same set of dots (although the effect might not matter -- they're both slightly imperfect circles with different imperfections), and the dot on the j is noticeably higher than that of the i.

So, the question is: is this deliberate or an accident? I suspect that only the designer knows.

Dave

Re: Different dots on the letters i and j?

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Author: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:46

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      is this deliberate or an accident?




Either way, it's unacceptable. I'd call it either a major blunder or a major bug. :/

What's worse is that the differences are not consistent across all the weights and styles, and they are most noticeable in the Regular weight.

Dutch is one of the languages I work with, and I agree that this font is simply unusable for setting Dutch text. The diphthong ij is indeed extremely common.

Re: Different dots on the letters i and j?

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Author: Joel_Cherney
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:00

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If I recall correctly, "ij" is actually a separate letter, much like "ch" in Spanish - it gets its own dictionary entry. I almost never see Dutch, but I see the same glyph pair in Bosnian and Hmong on a regular basis. So, Garamond Premier Pro is just one of those (many, many) Latin-script fonts that I can't use in a 12-language job.

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