If text is labelled as Greek, the font used will position the middle dot (ano teleia) at the top of the x-height. #40

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The following fonts were tested using text containing a middle dot code point and an ano teleia code point, with the language set to el (Greek). The first column indicates whether the font placed the middle dot code point at the top of the x-height; the second indicates whether the ano teleia code point was positioned at the top of the x-height.

macOS system fonts

• ❌ ✅ Times New Roman
• ❌ ✅ Arial
• ❌ ❌ Arial Unicode MS
• ❌ ❌ Avenir Next
• ❌ ❌ Geneva
• ❌ ❌ Helvetica
• ❌ ✅ Helvetica Neue
• ✅ ✅ Tahoma
• ❌ ❌ Trebuchet MS
• ❌ ✅ Verdana
• ❌ ❌ Andale Mono
• ❌ ❌ Bradley Hand
• ❌ ❌ Noteworthy

Noto/Sil fonts

• ❌ ❌ Gentium Plus
• ❌ ✅ Noto Serif
• ❌ ✅ Noto Sans
• ❌ ✅ Noto Sans Mono

Windows system fonts

• ❌ ✅ Palatino Linotype
• ❌ ❌ Sylfaen
• ❌ ❌ Arial Nova
• ❌ ✅ Calibri
• ❌ ❌ Lucida Sans Unicode
• ❌ ❌ Microsoft Sans Serif
• ❌ ❌ Segoe UI
• ❌ ❌ Segoe UI Symbol
• ❌ ✅ Gabriola

Out of 26 fonts tested, only 1 (Tahoma) rendered the middle dot code point at the top of the x-height.
10 fonts rendered the ano teleia code point at the top of the x-height.

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