Comment 11 for bug 677134

Denis, how much of a problem would this ambiguity be, really? I am asking because I don't have extensive experience with technical typesetting and programming where this potentially could be an issue. But, in technical works, would you not use the actual greek/math letters to signify the appropriate expression?

In normal text typesetting the similarity off an i-acute and the iota would not be a problem since you would not all of a sudden read a Greek letter in the midst latin.

Personally, I feel that options b, d and e are successful, and if this were a design for my own font library I would go with 'e'. The reason is that the stron serif helps to look these critical characters into the rest of the font; and the Italic I would furnish with the design in option 'd' to give textural difference and a reminiscance to the cursive style we see in the proportional font.