[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 10366] EM DASH (U+2014) should be shorter than HORIZONTAL BAR (U+2015)

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10366





--- Comment #8 from Etan Wexler <bugs.freedesktop.org at r-6.org>  2008-06-29 12:10:59 PST ---
In reply to comment #0 and comment #4, I quote a disclaimer that appears on the
cover page of each of the code charts (<http://www.unicode.org/charts/>) that
the Unicode Consortium provides:

“The shapes of the reference glyphs used in these code charts are not
prescriptive. Considerable variation is to be expected in actual fonts.”

Disclaimer aside, how can we, merely looking at a code chart, determine the
advance width, bearings, and other metrics for a glyph? The charts don’t
include marks or guidelines for metrics. The code charts from the Unicode
Consortium are a good starting point for and a lousy ending point for the
development of a font family.


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