Summary: | font features disabled when using OpenType font -- even when same font in TrueType format works | ||
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Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | Steve White <stevan.white> |
Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
Severity: | major | CC: | caolan.mcnamara, dtardon, jack.leigh |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 3.5.2 RC1 | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux (All) | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
Attachments: |
Hindi text with OpenType version of Gargi font -- many letters scrunch together
Hindi text with TrueType version of Gargi font -- readable Sinhala text with OpenType version of FreeSerif font -- many letters scrunch together Sinhala text with TrueType version of FreeSerif font -- readable |
Description
Steve White
2012-03-28 03:50:18 UTC
Created attachment 59149 [details]
Hindi text with OpenType version of Gargi font -- many letters scrunch together
Created attachment 59150 [details]
Hindi text with TrueType version of Gargi font -- readable
Created attachment 59151 [details]
Sinhala text with OpenType version of FreeSerif font -- many letters scrunch together
Created attachment 59152 [details]
Sinhala text with TrueType version of FreeSerif font -- readable
Some web searches show a lot of remarks to the effect that LibreOffice/OpenOffice do not support OpenType features. I suspect these refer to just this bug. Also see for example https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31821 Bug 31821 - Writer ignores OpenType ligatures. I applied Caolán's patch from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31821 It had a decidedly positive effect. Most font features are suddenly working in OpenType as well as in TrueType, so he's on the right track. However this uncovered other issues, which I'll report separately. Steve White, is this still an issue for you? It seems from the comment that the immediate issues might have been fixed. If it is still an issue, could you please upload a sample file that could be used to see the problem. |