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Font weight consistency on diacritics

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
design

Research direction

Start with the preview linked in the issue and compare accented characters, especially the circumflex, with the surrounding glyphs. Check issue #59 and the subsequent pull requests first to determine whether this remains separate work; done means the reported diacritic weight inconsistency is resolved.

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Description

I was using this font for handwritten-looking diagrams for my courses in French, when I realized the accented characters were standing out like boring type... XKCD or OCD?

Also addressed in #59 and a few subsequent PRs.

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I still see a few issues with the font above - there are font weight issues, for example in the weight of the circumflex.

Originally posted by @pelson in #11

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