On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 05:40:56PM +0200, Dimitar Zhekov wrote: > > >The conclusion is: the new "k" looks ugly to most > >Cyrillic-users outside of Bulgaria and the > >traditional "k" is perfectly normal for the Cyrillic > >users in Bulgaria. > > The ka1 vs. ka2 question can be solved by a vote, but > the next request will probably be to sync ghe.
Actually there already was a proposal to change the ghe. ;-) However the problems (if they are problems) of "ka" and "ghe" seam to have completely different character. The currently chosen look of "ghe" is simply a choice between two alternatives. The font designer decides which look serves the purpose of font better. However with respect to the letter "ka" the two alternatives we have to choose from are valid only in Bulgaria. All Cyrillic users outside of Bulgaria seam to be striken by the look of "ka" because it is a novelty that they have never seen. No books, no magazines, no newspapers. When I sent you CC of my message I forgot to give you enough context. The current discussion was (more or less) initiated by a proposal by Christian Perrier to use the Terminus font as a standard console font in Debian for all Latin and Cyrillic languages. And then came the objections against the look of "ka". Here are some of the messages during the discussion: http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2005/12/msg00041.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2005/12/msg00044.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2005/12/msg00045.html Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
