Re: U+0140

[John Hudson]

Michael Everson wrote:

I have had suboptimal connectivity over the last while, and so have 
missed some of this discussion. As a type designer I personally consider 
the middle dot to be ordinary punctuation that should harmonize with 
other punctuation marks. My solution to this is to treat it as the top 
dot of a colon. So for me, MIDDLE DOT is to COLON as MODIFIER LETTER 
HALF TRIANGULAR COLON is to MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON.
This would make the mid-dot too high. The top dot of the colon usually sits toward the top 
of the x-height; the *mid*-dot should sit lower, optically midway up the x-height (which 
means slightly higher than the actual halfway mark). The top dot of a colon is typically 
closer to the height of the Greek ano teleia, which aligns with the x-height (and which 
should align with the cap height in all-cap settings, and with the small-cap height in 
smallcap settings).

John Hudson

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