[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 51117] Request for 5 characters for Penobscot alphabet

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51117

--- Comment #2 from Margaret Pearce <margaret.pearce at ku.edu> 2012-06-15 13:55:52 PDT ---
Thank you, James Coos!
I shall do as you advise.

All the best,
Margaret

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:46 PM, <bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51117
>
> --- Comment #1 from James Cloos <cloos at jhcloos.com> 2012-06-15 13:46:40
> PDT ---
> > 1. kw (the w is a superscript)
> > 2. hw (w is superscript)
>
> Those two are not a single character in the UCS; the ʷ is:
>
>  U+02B7 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL W
>
> and it looks like all of the DejaVu faces support that character.
>
> > 3. ss (2 s's placed close together)
> > 4. kk (2 k's placed close together)
>
> You can simulate those two with kerning.  It’ll take a little more code,
> but will be usable with essentially any font.
>
> > 5. čč (2 č's close together)
>
> Again, use kerning.  The individual chars are:
>
>  U+010D LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON
>  U+010C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
>
> Looking at the font you attached, you may not require any kerning
> after all; just set ss as ss, kk as kk and čč as čč.
>
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