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Alternative glyphs for a few characters e.g. lowercase g, lowercase i, lowercase k, lowercase q, digit 3, 7 and 0 #212

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@jothefiredragon

Font Name (Geist Sans/Geist Mono):

  • [√] Geist Sans
  • [√] Geist Mono

Description of the Issue:
I wish there could be alternative glyphs for a few characters, such as:

  1. double-storey lowercase g - currently, only single-storey lowercase g is available
  2. italic lowercase i with a horizontal line extending from the bottom to the left and right - currently, only lowercase i with slight curve to the lower right corner is available in the italic Geist Mono
  3. upright lowercase i with a slight curve to the lower right corner - currently, only lowercase i with a horizontal line extending from the bottom to the left and right is available in the upright Geist Mono
  4. lowercase k with a loop (as in the italic lowercase k of IBM Plex Mono and Lilex) - currently, only non-looped lowercase k is available
  5. lowercase q where the vertical line has a slight curvature to the lower right corner - currently only lowercase q where the vertical line doesn't have a slight curvature to the lower right corner is available
  6. digit 3 with serration - currently, only digit 3 without serration is available
  7. digit 7 with a vertical line in the top left corner (as in IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Serif, IBM Plex Mono and Lilex) - currently, only digit 7 without such vertical line is available
  8. reversed-slashed digit 0 and dotted digit 0 - currently, only featureless digit 0 and slashed digit 0 are available

Thank you very much in advance for your consideration.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • OS: any
  • Software: any
  • Version of the Font: 1.7

Additional Context:
If possible, this issue should be labeled as “enhancement” or something similar instead of “bug”.

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