mekkablue / mekkablue/Glyphs-Scripts

Report Kerning Mistakes

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Description

Should check:

  • Germandbls with lowercase before and after
  • florin
  • exception for i, idotaccent, idotbelow
  • dcaron/lcaron/tcaron-X tighter kerning than d/l/t-X
  • dcaron and lcaron not in same right kerning group as d and l
  • any letter before napostrophe (no letter can be before ’n in Afrikaans)
  • any exception with napostrophe
  • any kerning with Ldot/ldot(.sc), periodcentered.loclCAT(.case/.sc)
  • any exception with ij

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the Python script or entry point that checks kerning in Glyphs, then exercise the listed glyph combinations and exceptions. Done means each listed case is checked and any kerning mistakes are reported reproducibly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
testing-qa, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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