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bug #22309: Arabic glyphs high above baseline, and too big, in FreeSerif

Submitted by:  Steve White <Stevan_White>
Submitted on:  Wed 13 Feb 2008 08:27:58 PM UTC  
 
Category: character rangeSeverity: 4 - Important
Item Group: letter positioning poorStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Steve White <Stevan_White>
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 2006-01-26

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Fri 12 Sep 2008 08:24:07 AM UTC, comment #2:

In release 20080912

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:36:19 PM UTC, comment #1:

in FreeSans CVS revision 1.84
date: 2008-02-2
moved all Arabic down 200EM.

Not sure about the size question.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Wed 13 Feb 2008 08:27:58 PM UTC, original submission:

In the Arabic range of FreeSerif the glyph baseline is set far from where it should be, and sometimes the size of the glyphs are incommensurate with other ranges.

For example, compare the Arabic range of FreeSerif with those of FreeSans. Make a string with some Arabic characters next to some Latin ones. In FreeSerif both Arabic characters float far above the Latin baseline, and the glyphs dwarf the largest Latin letters.

The effect is that mixed Arabic and Latin script looks quite bad.

This problem also exists in other script ranges. I'll report each separately as I find them.

This has contributed to the font height problem, that was remedied as such in bug #15956: Line height is too big in sans and serif.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Fri 12 Sep 2008 08:24:07 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusFix posted=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sat 01 Mar 2008 10:27:13 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusProceeding=>Fix posted
    Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:36:19 PM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusConfirmed=>Proceeding

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