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bug #50627: U+0D4E MALAYALAM LETTER DOT REPH in FreeSerif

Submitter:  David Corbett <dscorbett>
Submitted:  Fri 24 Mar 2017 06:12:54 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  individual character(s) Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  letter positioning poor Status:  Fix posted
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  Stevan_White
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  * development
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Fri 10 Nov 2017 05:10:26 PM UTC, comment #5: 

The anchor mlm-reph is not defined for conjuncts like mal_kaka.

David Corbett <dscorbett>
Fri 10 Nov 2017 09:53:30 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Hi,

Now I understand why I was so perplexed, and why I kept re-fixing this.

This mark is meant be encoded to precede a consonant cluster, as opposed to other marks, which follow other marks.
See for example "Proposal to encode Malayalam Dot-Reph character" ISO/IEC L2/09-245R
[reph is discussed in several proposals -- there was contraversy: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_(Unicode_block)]

Like the reph of other scripts, should it not be re-ordered by the font shaping engine to come after the consonant cluster! So
1) no 'reph' table is used in Malayalam
2) a 'mark' anchor will suffice to place the reph over a preceding consonant cluster.

Fix in SVN.  Thanks for making me look at it again!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Thu 09 Nov 2017 11:49:24 PM UTC, comment #3: 

This bug is back, this time in both FreeSerif and FreeSans.

David Corbett <dscorbett>
Tue 31 Oct 2017 09:53:06 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Fix in SVN.
Thanks!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Fri 24 Mar 2017 06:36:57 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi,

Malayalam has been out of commission for some time.
It's a long and disturbing story.  I'll get to it soon, I hope.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Fri 24 Mar 2017 06:12:54 PM UTC, original submission:  

U+0D4E MALAYALAM LETTER DOT REPH is placed incorrectly in FreeSerif and FreeSerif Bold. It should be placed above the following letter, but instead it is placed after the following letter.

FreeSans places this character correctly by using anchor points.

David Corbett <dscorbett>

 

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    2017-10-31 Stevan_White StatusConfirmed Fix posted
    2017-03-24 Stevan_White StatusNone Confirmed
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