There isn't a correct style in this regard. The designs were reviewed by an expert native speaking Greek typographer with about 20 years of experience.
We don't think there is any ambiguity between the 'γ' (gamma) and 'ν' (nu), most notable the γ has a leg. You might be interested in a recent blog post on the development of the Greek, entitled 'It’s all about Greek', http://design.canonical.com/2010/09/it%E2%80%99s-all-about-greek/ ** Changed in: ubuntu-font-family Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Style: Greek 'γ' (gamma) and 'ν' (nu) ambiguity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Greece, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Ubuntu Font Family: Invalid Bug description: Rendered in 24pt Regular Sample Glyphs: γ Description: The way the letter γ (U03B3) is styled is different from the typical you would expect in a Greek font. A Greek user would notice the peculiarity in this character and should take a bit to get used to it. What a Greek speaker expects is the 'leg' of γ to be vertical. If γ follows a design principle then I believe it's OK to have it like that. I believe one requirement here is that γ and ν look different. Currently γ looks very similar to the ν from DejaVu Sans (currently default Ubuntu font) but with a 'leg'. See http://simos.info/blog/archives/1144 for blog post and comment regarding γ. UA String: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100716 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.7 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
