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title="NEW - The upper i (U+0049) should have serifs so as not to be confused with lower l (U+006C) in all Sans fonts"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107480">107480</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>The upper i (U+0049) should have serifs so as not to be confused with lower l (U+006C) in all Sans fonts
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<th>Product</th>
<td>DejaVu
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Other
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Sans
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>dejavu-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>developer@chrisbertrand.net
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<pre>Created <span class=""><a href="attachment.cgi?id=140961" name="attach_140961" title="Suggestion Bahnschrift code U+006C">attachment 140961</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=140961&action=edit" title="Suggestion Bahnschrift code U+006C">[details]</a></span>
Suggestion Bahnschrift code U+006C
In the DejaVu Sans fonts (except Mono), the upper i (U+0049) glyph is too
similar to the lower l (U+006C).
They are confusing.
For example in French, a good proportion of sentences start by "Il" ("He" in
French). When displayed by DejaVu Sans fonts, they seem to start with two
vertical lines (similar to U+007C by the way). Additionaly you can easily
confuse them with the Roman number 2 at first sight. That makes reading harder
and slower.
In English, a good test is this name: "Illinois". Discussion:
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/6vpv8w/microsofts_new_bahnschrift_font_vs_segoe/">https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/6vpv8w/microsofts_new_bahnschrift_font_vs_segoe/</a>
My suggestions:
1. Add serifs to the upper i (U+0049)
You can note that the Verdana font does that, although it is a Sans Serif font.
2. Why not style a bit the lower l (U+006C) to not be a pure vertical line any
more, and avoid confusion with U+007C ?
A good example is in the (Sans Serif) font Bahnschrift code U+006C.
Affected fonts:
DejaVu Sans
DejaVu Sans Condensed
DejaVu Sans Light</pre>
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