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bug #25663: Some Chinese characters in the videos in Youtube can't display correctly

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Submitted on:  Sat 21 Feb 2009 11:01:41 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Release: 0.8.4 releaseStatus: None
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Wed 25 Feb 2009 12:14:33 PM UTC, comment #1:

Please include the URL in a copyable form when you report a bug.

Gnash is using a font here that lacks the required characters. Because YouTube uses a device font rather than an embedded font (sensible), both the Adobe player and Gnash rely on finding a matching font with the correct characters. The font matching process relies on name and font characteristics, not on the characters required. Bug #22926 describes the same thing for Japanese characters.

Does it work with the Adobe player? If it doesn't, I'm afraid this is not a bug.

Benjamin Wolsey <bwy>
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 11:01:41 PM UTC, original submission:

The videos in Youtube can work with Gnash plugin for Iceweasel(in Debian Linux 5.0). However,some Chinese characters can't display correctly. The Chinese characters are changed into blocks, while Latin alphabets display well. The attached picture shows the problem.

Anonymous

 

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