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Ampersand & other symbols - wght: 100/400/900 | wdth: 25/100/151 | slnt: 0/-10 | GRAD: 0 | opsz: 14

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Description

& - The 900 weight ampersand feels too heavy next to the lc & uc
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153950258-e7ed56bb-ae91-44c1-9f9a-c1f752478334.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153950286-98120fcf-725b-4f03-84b9-54f0de466423.png)

100 wght
- Shekel, infinity, partial differential, published ( circle P) and Service Mark are not done yet ( too heavy).

- Shekel also seems to have inconsistent treatment across weights.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153950447-47af2f83-c794-4ba3-b5c1-96938a696763.png)

- Service mark and published are too dark
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951914-c7de0e4a-d7e6-410d-8ff5-de8e1db12db8.png)

400
- infinity doesn't take on the style of the overall design. Is it a problem?
- This is also true of 'partial dif....
- In this weight published is too light.
- service mark and published are too light
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951832-bb05d4db-a69e-4fdd-9c0f-5e3dee4e484a.png)

900
- Shekel looks squashed din this weight.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951533-908728c9-a5a3-4398-a414-1caab6e73c2e.png)

- The bar of cent looks too light
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951453-0053f073-a9df-4fdb-965c-b13c25e66510.png)

- Copyright and registered have distorted rings.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951492-d0a77f5a-d31a-4192-831b-1c5939aecf8f.png)

- Published is too light
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951649-2c738ab2-30bd-4344-9c67-8b45e4434770.png)

- Not sign foot looks too subby
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951612-ac62b698-246e-43e2-a575-428cb8931d0e.png)

- Service mark is too light
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2181213/153951711-81c3cbac-d733-4974-b764-7ce279827e42.png)

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Research direction

Review the attached reference images and compare the listed ampersand and other symbols across weights 100, 400, and 900 and the stated variable-font axes. No source file or test is named; done means the reported glyph weight, proportions, spacing, and distortion issues are corrected consistently across the specified instances.

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Assessment

Domain
design
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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