Comment 2 for bug 671228

If the spacing of the 'open' side of the brackets is made wider (Option 1),
the effect would require kerning for nearly all glyphs next to the brackets
to keep the spacing balanced in normal text. If closeness of these glyphs is
a problem then a kern pair (Option 2) to seperate them further would be the
most effective way to give them more space.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Paul Sladen <email address hidden> wrote:

> In times gone by, the similiarity of "[]" to a box has actually been
> exploited to advantage!
>
> Luke: how would you prefer to see it rendered? The three options are
> probably:
>
> a. to change the spacing of those two glyph entries font-wide
> b. to kern just the case of [ immediately followed by ] to add a bit of
> space
> c. to leave as is
>
> The sequence of [] does come up in programming code, and so in the
> Ubuntu Monospace version will be much more visually separated.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-font-family
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-font-family
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Tags added: uff-kerning uff-punctuation
> ** Tags removed: brackets
>
> --
> [] looks like a box in Ubuntu font
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671228
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>
> Status in Ubuntu Font Family: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Enter [] brackets in openoffice, change the font to Ubuntu, you'll notice
> it looks like a box, similar to a not-supported-character box.
>
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