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Great work! One bit of feedback on the TTF, though. The glyph for the "X-button" uses Combining Latin Small Letter X (U+036F). The combinator makes it pretty tough to use. E.g. it combines in the mappings like this: ßͯ

Polyducks3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks for letting us know!

Is it that specific character (U+036F) which causes the issue? How can I avoid that in the future? Would moving it to a different char resolve the issue?

bearror3 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Sure thing, and thanks again for the excellent font!

For some additional context: The problem is that the glyph can't be input individually given that it is mapped to a combining character. And, when combined with another character, it is placed above it like thisͯ or this̽. See the "Block" and "Combining Class" in https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+036F, for example.

Mapping the glyph to any printable character that can be input individually would solve the problem. If I may suggest, the Multiplication Sign (U+00D7) "×" from the Latin-1 Supplement -block could be a good option.

Here's my exact test case: https://codepen.io/bearror/pen/b6f7292ecdbf35cf8bc192cdca4c1649

Polyducks3 years ago

OHHHHHH I see! Thanks for the explanation. The X character appears above the previous character like a 2 in a square number. Yes, okay, I can fix that. Good suggestion for the replacement too. I'll put out a log when it's live.

-PDX

Polyducks3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for that :) I've given you a shoutout in the changelog and the about file. New versions of the TTF and the character map have been uploaded.

https://polyducks.itch.io/kitchen-sink-textmode-font/devlog/223385/bugfix-11