Title

Issues in Noto Sans Myanmar for "Shan Language"

Font

'NotoSansMyanmar'

Where the font came from, and when

Site: https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/tree/master/hinted/NotoSansMyanmar
Date: 2020-08-09

Font Version

V 2.001

OS name and version

IOS 13 and Above
Windows 10 Systemwide
Mac OS Systemwide
Linux Systemwide

Application name and version

It is Systemwide

Issue

Two issues in "NotoSansMyanmar" font for Shan Language.
1- Wrong Character Designs
1.1 Shan Consonant - ၼ
For Shan consonant - ၼ, it should be one stroke instead of two.

1.2 Shan Consonant - ၽ
For Shan consonant- ၽ, it should be one stroke instead of two too.

1.3 Shan Consonant - ၾ
For Shan consonant - ၾ, it should be the same with consonant “ၽ” as above.

1.3 Shan Consonant - ႁ
For Shan consonant- ႁ, it is shown as below. In "NotoSansMyanmar" font right now for this consonant “ႁ”, it is just the combination of Myanmar(Burmese)’s “ဂ” and “ှ”. As it is confusing and the way Shan consonant “ႁ” in “NotoSansMyanmar” does not exist in Shan Consonants.

2- Positioning Error
When combining Shan consonants such as “ၾ”,” ႁ” with “ူ” sign, it is not the way it should be.

2.1 – Positioning for “ူ” sign

As shown above in"NotoSansMyanmar", the way of sign “ူ” positioned outside of the consonant is totally wrong. It must be under the consonant. It is the same with Shan Consonant “ႁ” it should be under its consonant.

2.2 - Positioning for “ွ” sign
When Shan consonants “ၾ” and “ႁ” combined with “ွ” sign

2.3 - Positioning for “ႂ” sign
When Shan consonants “ၾ” and “ႁ” combined with “ႂ” sign.

In addition, the proper size for Shan Digits is way too big. When it is using with Shan words, it is unreadable. Please see my screenshot below.

Character data

Myanmar Unicode Map: https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1000.pdf
Unicode Character Codes
"ၼ" 107C
"ၽ" 107D
“ၾ” 107E
” ႁ” 1081
“ႂ” 1082
“ွ” 103D
“ူ” 1030
Shan Digits

Shan Language Website

https://shn.wikipedia.org

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