[OSM-talk] Multilingual feedback wanted for OpenStreetMap Carto

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Mon Sep 19 08:29:17 UTC 2016


Maybe these two-part names should be entered into the database using a
non-breaking hyphen (U+2011)?

//colin 

On 2016-09-19 09:52, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote:

> On 18/09/16 04:32, Paul Norman wrote: 
> 
>> I'm looking for feedback from people who read non-latin languages on a proposed OpenStreetMap Carto font change. 
>> 
>> We are considering moving to Noto fonts and could use feedback from people who can read languages which have non-latin scripts, particularly Asian languages. I've made previews in about a dozen different languages at https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/2349#issuecomment-247819822 and want to check that there are no new problems. We may have to adjust font sizes, but that's a different issue. 
>> 
>> If you've got feedback, please leave it on https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/2349
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I noticed a slight bug for the Ukrainian alphabet. A hyphen "-" can be an integral part of a town name, as opposite to indication of the division of a word at the end of a line.
> 
> Here are some examples:
> 
> The name of the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi [1] (on Google map is written correctly, on the OSM map wrongly, always in two lines): 
> 
> http://osm.org/go/0hmtaWQg-
> https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6906937,26.5564268,13z?hl=en
> 
> The town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi [2] (again on Google map is written correctly, on the OSM map wrongly, always in two lines): 
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/46.1517/30.3499
> https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1562394,30.4138062,11.81z?hl=en
> 
> It should be at least as Khanty-Mansiysk [3] in Russian Federation, in one line at close zooms:
> 
> http://osm.org/go/2xZYTDR-
> https://www.google.com/maps/@61.0084264,69.0622292,12.98z?hl=en
> 
> or even better always in one line. For example, we do not write on the map the names of New York or San Francisco in two lines. 
> 
> The names of these towns in Ukrainian are _Кам'янець-Подільський _and _Білгород-Дністровський. _They are written normally in one line. These are well-known towns in local culture. The first was founded in 12th century, the second in 6th century BC (it's one of the most ancient cities of with a continuous existence). 
> 
> Best regards,
> Oleksiy
> 
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Links:
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamianets-Podilskyi
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk
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