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Design issue with the 賁 component #539

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UPDATE: Sans v2.005 has not fixed this issue because unfortunately this was posted too late into the development cycle when the update was so close to being released, so this issue will remain open.


While checking the JP variant glyphs for remapping, I noticed that the fourth and fifth vertical strokes of the 賁 component are touching the 貝 component. I feel this is an unnecessary regional difference for CN as most commercial typefaces (except for Heiti SC) do not do this (except for U+3FCE 㿎 and U+9EC2 黂, probably because the component is smaller so optical design might have to be considered) and I am proposing some changes to fix this.
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The Unicode charts show that the CN source does not have the vertical strokes touching the 貝 component.
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Even Serif does not have the vertical strokes touching the 貝 component.
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Strangely, the simplified 贲 components are not affected as the affected strokes do not touch the 贝 component.
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Here are the list of affected characters in table format.

Unicode Character Action
U+3C75 Adjust CN glyph
U+3FCE KIV. I think even if the component is smaller, consider adjusting the CN glyph, so the 4th and 5th vertical strokes do not touch the horizontal strokes. If this makes the optical design worse, please ignore this character.
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U+4488 Adjust CN glyph
U+4A7F 䩿 Adjust CN glyph
U+4D05 Adjust CN glyph
U+61A4 Remove CN and TW glyphs and replace them with an unreleased JP glyph (Kozuka Gothic reference included) for all regions as per issue #425. The unreleased JP glyph should be based on uni61A4uE0101-JP.
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U+6B55 Adjust CN glyph for Heavy only. ExtraLight is fine.
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U+7FB5 Remove CN glyph and use TW glyph for all regions
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U+7FF8 While this looks fine, suggest to adjust CN glyph to match TW glyph balance
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U+87E6 Remove TW glyph and use JP glyph for all regions
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U+943C Remove CN glyph and use TW glyph for all regions
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U+96AB Adjust CN glyph
U+9959 Adjust CN glyph
U+99A9 Adjust CN glyph
U+9EC2 KIV. I think even if the component is smaller, consider adjusting the CN, TW and HK glyphs, so the 2nd, 4th and 5th vertical strokes do not touch the horizontal strokes. If this makes the optical design worse, please ignore this character.
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