From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net>
Cc: 321-close@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#321: Underline drawing that leaves gaps for descenders
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:08:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3mx6io4hp.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <483B91C8.1070004@harpegolden.net> (David De La Harpe Golden's message of "Tue, 27 May 2008 05:44:56 +0100")
David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net> writes:
> Ideally, underlining would be able to break at (leave gaps for)
> descenders (in latin script typically gjpqy and some old-style
> numerals), to improve legibility.
Looking at the images, it does improve legibility in some cases, but in
other cases it looks kinda awkward -- as if the underlining stops and
then starts again.
So I don't really feel that something like this would be a display
improvement.
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