Digitigrade @ git b051bda

re: a horrible thought

the only font on my system which seems to render it properly is times new roman:

a screenshot of some text showcasing how íj́ is rendered in times new toman
re: a horrible thought

and even this looks bad, not just 'cause it's times new roman (bwa) but also because the acute on the j is slightly higher than the one on the i

re: a horrible thought

a quick survey of the fonts on my debian install reveals:

  • Default 'sans serif', 'serif', and 'monospace' fonts: correct!
  • DejaVu: mostly correct, although DejaVu Sans (non fallback) is a fail as it doesn't render any mark above the J.
  • Hack, Liberation: fail, two marks on the J
  • Nimbus: fail, two marks on the J, and it's trying to escape to the left
  • Noto: mostly correct, although Cherokee, CJK, Coptic, Georgian, and Math variants fail by rendering two marks
  • OpenSymbol: fail. renders the acute as if it were its own letter
  • Quicksand, Symbola, URW Bookman and URW Gothic: fail, two marks on the J

all in all, a decent showing? from the default fonts especially.