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Cyrillic glyph kerning
Posted by ATF in
29 Sep 2010 — 9:04pm
29 Sep 2010 — 9:04pm
Hi,
I'm seeking some advice on kerning of Cyrillic glyph afii10093, picture attached. My question is: Since it's made up of two separate 'mini-glyphs', should it be kerned as two glyphs or one? That is, should the spaces either side equal the space in between the two sections, or be larger (so that the glyph appears more as a unfied whole)?
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29 Sep 2010 — 9:25pm
The latter. The spacing on either side of ы should be the same as the normative space on other letters with straight sides: и м н п ш
The distance between the two parts of ы needs to be balanced carefully against the stem weight and the basic spacing between upright characters. I usually start by making the distance the same as the weight of the stem of the right part, and then increasing it gradually until it looks right in context.
30 Sep 2010 — 12:07am
Ы represents a single vowel (and sounds like y in "myth"). Have it in mind during adjusting the inner distance. Check samples like выгравированы, where you have two ы.
30 Sep 2010 — 12:27am
Hey thanks John and Marcin, that's very helpful :-)