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[–] murtaza64@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It looks like it's not an actual height difference, but the smaller width makes the second i look significantly smaller than the first, also implying a lower height.

[–] OmnipotentEntity 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, they are the exact same height. Holy optical illusion, Batman!

I suppose this is part of what makes font design so difficult.

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Welp, another reason I will absolutely not be using glyph-streching or whatever Microsoft called it.