Changes since 1.5.1

210 new characters (755 → 965 codepoints), one new character variant, and refinements across all weights.

New characters

Vietnamese

Complete Vietnamese support: the hook above, dot below and horn accents, and the stacked accents (circumflex or breve combined with acute, grave, hook above, tilde or dot below).

ảạắằẳẵặấầẩẫậ ẻẽẹếềểễệ ỉị ỏọốồổỗộơớờởỡợ ủụưứừửữự ỷỹỵ
ẢẠẮẰẲẴẶẤẦẨẪẬ ẺẼẸẾỀỂỄỆ ỈỊ ỎỌỐỒỔỖỘƠỚỜỞỠỢ ỦỤƯỨỪỬỮỰ ỶỸỴ

Pinyin

The tone marks on ü and the caron vowels:

ǖǘǚǜ ǎǐǒǔ
ǕǗǙǛ ǍǏǑǓ

African and IPA letters

Hooked, open, turned and stroked letters used in African orthographies (Hausa, Fula, Ewe, Akan, etc.):

ɓ ɗ ƙ ƴ ɲ ɖ ɔ ɛ ə ǝ ɣ ɩ ɨ ʊ ʋ ʌ
Ɓ Ɗ Ƙ Ƴ Ɲ Ɖ Ɔ Ɛ Ə Ǝ Ɣ Ɩ Ɨ Ʊ Ʋ Ʌ Ƒ

Other Latin

ǧǵḡ ȟḧ ǫ ǽǿ ȳ ẍ ṅṗ ẽỹ ȷ ʼn ʻ
ǦǴḠ ȞḦ Ǫ ǼǾ Ȳ Ẍ ṄṖ ẼỸ

Dot below and circumflex below, for transliteration and African languages:

ḅḍḥṇṛṣṭẓ ḓḽṋṱ
ḄḌḤṆṚṢṬẒ ḒḼṊṰ

Cyrillic

Letters for Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir and Mongolian:

ғҗқңүұһәө
ҒҖҚҢҮҰҺӘӨ

Character variants

• cv18: 7 with a horizontal bar (continental style).

Design changes

• Line height: the vertical metrics are slightly tighter (ascent 1025 → 1000, descent −300 → −290). Capitals are now centered vertically in the cell, and the italic slant pivots around the middle of the line.
• Accents:
  • The breve, tilde, circumflex and caron share the same width.
  • Accents and counters scale better at bold weights.
  • The ogonek is taller.
  • Uppercase and lowercase stacked accents are tuned separately, so stacked accents on capitals stay within the cell.
• Middle bars: closed lowercase letters (з, є, э, в, ε, ɛ, θ, ө) use the thinner crossbar stroke for their middle bar, like e.
• Wide Cyrillic capitals (Ш Щ Д Ф Л Ъ Љ Њ Ю Ы) and ш щ keep a minimum side margin at bold weights.
• Shape fixes:
  • Lowercase:
    • Consistent curves across the square and single-story letters, and in a and e.
    • g and y share the same tail.
    • The dot of i matches the size of the other dots.
    • φ opens wider and ω has longer protrusions at bold weights.
    • Lighter æ and œ at bold weights.
  • Capitals:
    • Better junction on Y and extra cut on C.
    • Cedilla placement on t and T.
    • Lighter stroke on the slashed letters.
  • Cyrillic:
    • ђ and ћ are unified with ħ.
    • The Cyrillic descender letters share one construction.

Tooling and documentation

• New contribution guide, linked from the README.
• The previewer (visualize) can display accents that are only used inside composed glyphs.
• The lab includes the new Latin and Cyrillic characters, and the cv18 toggle.
• Website: the topo figure is centered, and the browser tab uses a topo-map a as its icon.