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character request: ∶ #480

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@illfygli

Thank you for this very useful and beautiful font.
I'm using it as my system UI font, and I noticed on my lock screen clock that the ratio character, ∶, is missing.
Is that something that would make sense to add?

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  1. arrowtype commented on Oct 8, 2021

    @arrowtype
    Owner

    Hi @illfygli, thanks for reaching out! Sorry for my delayed response.

    I’d be happy to add this character. In your opinion, should it look exactly like the colon, :, or should it be different in some way?

    I have another, similar request to fulfill (#481), so I will try to make this happen in the upcoming days.

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  3. illfygli commented on Oct 8, 2021

    @illfygli
    Author

    The reason why it's used in the clock seems to be that ratio is more vertically centered than colon.
    Compare these two:

    X∶:X

    assuming it's the same in the font you're seeing here. :)
    When I look in Gnome's character picker, I can also see that it's higher above the baseline, but looks otherwise identical.

  4. arrowtype commented on Oct 13, 2021

    @arrowtype
    Owner

    Thanks!

    Compare these two: X∶:X

    Actually, for me on macOS Catalina, the ratio glyph actually looks quite a bit smaller than the colon! Here’s what I see:

    image

    But yeah, I think it makes more sense to make this vertically centered with caps and figures. I’ll give it a try!

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    on Oct 13, 2021
  6. illfygli commented on Oct 13, 2021

    @illfygli
    Author

    Oh yeah, it is centered but smaller on my Android phone too:
    Screenshot_2021-10-13-09-31-52-01_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12

    With the San Francisco font it looks like it centers colon when it's sandwiched between numbers or uppercase letters:

    12:34 ab:cd AB:CD

    But for me with SF Pro installed, the ratio character is square instead of round and does not work like that, but is always centered. :)
    Screenshot from 2021-10-13 10-06-50

  7. arrowtype commented on Oct 19, 2021

    @arrowtype
    Owner

    Hi @illfygli, if you’d like to try it out, I have the ratio added to the latest font build, here:

    https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive/tree/c1a7672a267084871899fca6679b4a33aabbe429/fonts/ArrowType-Recursive-1.080

    (I will probably make a proper GitHub Release soon, but I’m working on adding one more thing, first.)

  8. illfygli commented on Oct 19, 2021

    @illfygli
    Author

    It looks really nice!
    Thanks for adding it. :)

  9. illfygli commented on Oct 19, 2021

    @illfygli
    Author

    Action shot on my lock screen:
    Screenshot from 2021-10-19 15-51-49

  10. arrowtype commented on Oct 19, 2021

    @arrowtype
    Owner

    Excellent, thanks for trying it out and letting me know, @illfygli! That lock screen is a beauty. :)

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