bugFree UCS Outline Fonts - Bugs: bug #49059, Maddah looks like fatḥatān

 
 

bug #49059: Maddah looks like fatḥatān

Submitted by:  David Corbett <dscorbett>
Submitted on:  Sun 11 Sep 2016 05:06:22 PM UTC  
 
Category: individual character(s)Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: character substitution issueStatus: Fix posted
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Steve White <Stevan_White>
Open/Closed: OpenRelease: development

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Sun 11 Sep 2016 07:26:15 PM UTC, comment #3:

Hi David, for me it's a problem if there is an incorrect, ignored ligature.

Deal is, there were 2 tables for Arabic 'rlig'. The one you're talking about was accidentally copied out of FreeSerif, evidently. The other doesn't have that ligature. I've now deleted the copied table.

Thanks!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Sun 11 Sep 2016 07:01:27 PM UTC, comment #2:

As I said, there is no problem in FreeSerif Bold. I’ll still explain what I meant, since it does contain an incorrect (albeit ignored) ligature.

maddah.cmb doesn’t exist in FreeSerif Bold (the right name is maddahabv.cmb), which is why this bug doesn’t appear: the two mistakes cancel each other out.

David Corbett <dscorbett>
Sun 11 Sep 2016 06:41:13 PM UTC, comment #1:

Your first statement is right. Just a boo-boo, an incorrect extra table entry.
Fix in SVN.
But I think FreeSerifBold is OK, for different reasons. The glyph simply is named differently in the two styles, but bold doesn't have the incorrect entry.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sun 11 Sep 2016 05:06:22 PM UTC, original submission:

In FreeSerif, the maddah of ⟨ﺎٓ⟩ (U+FE8E U+0653) looks like a fatḥatān. This is because there is a ligature of aleffinaarabic maddah.cmb to aleffathatanfina. This ligature also exists in FreeSerif Bold, but does not cause problems because maddah.cmb does not exist in that font.

David Corbett <dscorbett>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 11 Sep 2016 06:41:13 PM UTCStevan_WhiteAssigned toNone=>Stevan_White
    Sun 11 Sep 2016 06:41:12 PM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusNone=>Fix posted

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