Non-joined fonts in N'Ko
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Description
The layout requirements doc describes the use of non-cursive fonts for book and article titles, etc. This would correspond to a similar practice in Adlam, for which a Noto Unjoined font exists.
There is no equivalent Noto font for N'Ko, although the usage in Solo Farabado Cisse's book and in http://cormand.huma-num.fr/maninkabiblio/periodiques/silabosoona5.pdf seems to point to this being more than just a legacy font bug.
Can anyone confirm that this is indeed an intentionally different font/writing style that is in regular use?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the layout requirements document and compare its guidance with the Adlam practice and the N'Ko examples in the linked PDF and image. Done means confirming whether non-cursive N'Ko typography is an intentional, regularly used writing style and documenting the conclusion.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, internationalization
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100