[smc-discuss] Dot reph and conjunct with post base form (?) rendering in Meera

[Rajeesh K Nambiar]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:51 PM, ബാലശങ്കർ സി <balasankarc at gnome.org> wrote:
> I think you shoud report it either in savannah[1] or git[2]
>
> [1] http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=smc
> [2] https://github.com/smc/fonts/
>
> 2014-11-05 1:10 GMT+05:30 ബാലശങ്കർ സി <balasankarc at gnome.org>:
>>
>> Ah.. Sorry. I was looking only at the position of reph. The " ു" became
>> seperate eh. I think that is the similar problem to " ഫേസ്ബുക്ക്." Don't
>> know much about the details though. May be the expected rendering is not
>> defined in the file.
>>
>> 2014-11-05 1:05 GMT+05:30 Baiju M <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi Balasankar,
>>>
>>> I have attached my expected rendering here.  Added dot reph using Gimp.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:45 AM, ബാലശങ്കർ സി <balasankarc at gnome.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > What is the problem, it's the correct rendering na?
>>> >
>>> > 2014-11-05 0:37 GMT+05:30 Baiju M <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com>:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> Can anyone please confirm the rendering of these words in attachment
>>> >> here.
>>> >>
>>> >> തീൎന്നു
>>> >> ഏവൎക്കും
>>> >> പാൎത്തു
>>> >>
>>> >> If this is not the expected rendering, let me where I can report this
>>> >> issue.
>>> >>
>>> >> Font: Meera
>>> >> Font Version: 6.0
>>> >> Application: Gedit
>>> >> Shaping engine: harfbuzz
>>> >> Harfbuzz Version: 0.9.27-1
>>> >> OS: Ubuntu 14.04
>>> >>
>>> >> BTW, I tried Rachana also, I got the same rendering.

Baiju,

These issues are already fixed upstream in both Meera and Rachana. You
can either build from source, or re-download ttf from savannah
download location.
For the background, see the discussion in harfbuzz mailing list:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/harfbuzz/2013-October/003724.html

>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Baiju M
>



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