Some letters appear as cut-outs in kitty

[pithecantrope]

'm' almost looks like 'n' in neovim:

Terminal - kitty:

modify_font cell_width 110% doesn't really helping:

Weird thing is, if I:

'm' is still fucked up

Btw, my theme is - https://github.com/dasupradyumna/midnight.nvim

BUT if I set my theme to default, like, retrobox, then it fixes it!

What is happening? Is it problem with your amazing font, kitty or my theme?

[matype]

@pithecantrope Thanks for using 0xProto!

First of all, from the screenshot you attached, it doesn't seem to be specific to the italic family.

I don't know anything about nvim's implementation of themes, so I can't say exactly what it is.

BUT if I set my theme to default, like, retrobox, then it fixes it!

But if this is true, then I think it is possible to make changes to the font rendering from the theme side.

• Does the same thing happen when using other fonts?
• Does the same thing happen with emulators other than kitty?

and try to identify where the problem is.

[pithecantrope]

It's really a Kitty-rendering issue:

[matype]

I see. At least it doesn't seem to be an issue with the nvim theme. Does the same problem occur when rendering with kitty?

[pithecantrope]

Yes, the same problem with Iosevka (M is cut-out):

I think this will fix it, right?
kovidgoyal/kitty#7570 (comment)

[matype]

Thank you for verifying!
This is not related to the font but is a problem with kitty. This issue is closed.

[pithecantrope]

Your font needs to have an italic face that is metric compatible with the regular face for that, it has no connection with font selection/features/variability. - kovidgoyal (kitty creator)

Can't stand the cut offs so I guess I have to go back to the jetbrains Mono until something changes :(

[matype]

0xProto and 0xProto Italic are exactly the same metric 🤔
And probably almost all other monospaced fonts do too.