This is a problem with the auto-hinter, not with the font. With the font's manual hinting, macrons and tildes are distinguishable at all sizes down to 9px and possibly smaller. With the auto-hinter, Ā and à are distinguishable from 12px upwards, but most of the others aren't distinguishable until 19px upwards.
** Attachment added: "screenshot of the problem characters from 7px to 19px" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/655619/+attachment/4263843/+files/Tildes%20vs%20macrons.png ** Project changed: ubuntu-font-family => freetype (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu) Milestone: 1.00 => None ** Summary changed: - Hinting: tilde/macron confusion at small sizes (ãñõÕ) + Auto-hinter muddles tildes/macrons in Ubuntu font <19px (ñĀÃāãŌÕōõ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655619 Title: Auto-hinter muddles tildes/macrons in Ubuntu font <19px (ñĀÃāãŌÕōõ) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/655619/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
