Greek letters

[StefanPeev]

The Greek letters in Common Serif surely needs reconsideration.

[justinpenner]

One approach might be to look at a sampling of other serif fonts that support Greek, and compare the Greek letters with their structurally similar Latin counterparts, like this:

https://fonts.google.com/?preview.text=%CE%B7%CE%B9%CF%85%20niu&preview.size=112&preview.text_type=custom&category=Serif&subset=greek&noto.script=Grek

I'm a type designer with zero Greek experience, but the first thing I see is that Greek letters tend to have softer curves and more of a calligraphic style compared to Latin, even in the same typeface. That's what I would focus on if I were trying to improve the Greek alphabet in Common Serif. For instance, the υ glyph begins with a very straight downward stroke, then suddenly changes to a very tight curve in the lower left, and then back to a very loose curve as the stroke rounds back up. These changes in the velocity of the curve are too abrupt for Greek, to my eyes at least. The best-looking Greek letters in the Google Fonts link above seem to have much smoother, looser curves and have more references to calligraphy even when their Latin counterparts have a constructed design.

I hope that's helpful (and that someone with more Greek experience than me comes along to help here).

[StefanPeev]

@justinpenner Thank you! I think in the same direction - more of calligraphic style compare to Latin. I will show here the results before to publish new release and I hope to hear some comments.

[StefanPeev]

@justinpenner All the major aspects of Greek script in Common Serif will be revealed in the Greek Documentation.