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# Polytonic and Monotonic Greek in Common Serif

From v.1.032 onwards, special attention is paid to both polytonic and monotonic Greek in Common Serif. Major sources for glyph editing decisions are:
From v.1.032 onwards, special attention is paid to both Polytonic and Monotonic Greek in Common Serif. Major sources for glyph editing decisions are:

+ Irene Vlachou. [Polytonic Greek: a guide for type designers](https://github.com/irenevlachou/Polytonic-tutorial)
+ Irene Vlachou. [Greek type Anatomy](https://www.type-together.com/greek-type-anatomy)
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+ [Source Serif](https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-serif)
+ [Colvert](https://d3qx8f8l5aa3yc.cloudfront.net/images/Colvert.pdf)

First, unification of the glyphs was achieved. Practice shows (compare fonts such as Brill, Gentium) that glyphs ᾽(/uni1FBD, Greek Koronis) ᾿(/uni1FBF, Greek Psili) ῾(/uni1FFE, Greek Dasia) are identical in construction, applying only the corresponding rotation around the vertical axis.
Glyphs ΄(/uni0384, Greek Tonos) `(/uni1FEF, Greek Varia) ´(/uni1FFD, Greek Oxia) are also unified in the same way.
First, unification of the glyphs was achieved. Practice shows (compare with such fonts as Brill, Gentium) that glyphs ᾽(/uni1FBD, Greek Koronis) ᾿(/uni1FBF, Greek Psili) ῾(/uni1FFE, Greek Dasia) are identical in construction, applying only the corresponding rotation around the vertical axis.
Glyphs ΄(/uni0384, Greek Tonos) `(/uni1FEF, Greek Varia) ´(/uni1FFD, Greek Oxia) are also unified in the same way.

To do list

- [ ] To prepare a full description of all available Greek glyphs according to latest Unicode standard.
- [ ] To finalize the changes in the Polytonic Greek achieving consistancy in design.
- [ ] To rethink the overall design of the Greek glyphs.
- [ ] To test horizontal metrics and to prepare proper kerning for the Greek script.

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