sinhalese font is lacking correct font rules to render correctly

[madurax86]

Binary package hint: ttf-freefont

How it renders with the free sans sinhalese glyphs,
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1734/wrongrn.jpg

How it should render(the letter style is different but you get the idea),
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5899/correct.jpg

[Steve White (stevan-white)]

A lot of work went into improving the Sinhala range in the 2010-09-19 version of FreeFont.
It has been tested by native-language speakers, and declared to be working well.

The two characters that aren't being displayed in the images, 0D9F, 0D86, have been in the font
and working since at least that time.

Please try out the latest version at
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/

Unfortunately, it takes a long time to traverse the long path from FreeFont to debian to ubuntu.

Moreover, we at FreeFont are not informed of problems posted on distribution sites like this one.
So we can't do anything about them unless we happen to stumble across them.

Posting your problems on Ubuntu about software Ubuntu does not maintain is not a useful exercise.
Sort of like tossing coins in a well.

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The version of ttf-freefont has been updated since you reported this issue (Ubuntu 11.10 and the upcoming 12.04 provide version 20100919-1 instead of version 20090104-7) -- could you test wether this is still an issue?

Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[madurax86 (madura-x86)]

I tested it, found no problems so far. Great work!! Thanks a lot!

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Hi madurax86,

thanks for following up on this. Just to be clear: You tested the version in the Ubuntu repositories and all looks fine or did you test a version from the upstream subversion repository?

[madurax86 (madura-x86)]

I tested the one that installed through apt-get, i havent added other
repos that may contain ttf-freefont the version you told got installed
            - Madura A.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Marcel Stimberg
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi madurax86,
>
> thanks for following up on this. Just to be clear: You tested the
> version in the Ubuntu repositories and all looks fine or did you test a
> version from the upstream subversion repository?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665059
>
> Title:
>  sinhalese font is lacking correct font rules to render correctly
>
> Status in “ttf-freefont” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: ttf-freefont
>
>  How it renders with the free sans sinhalese glyphs,
>  http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1734/wrongrn.jpg
>
>  How it should render(the letter style is different but you get the idea),
>  http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5899/correct.jpg
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ttf-freefont/+bug/665059/+subscriptions

[Steve White (stevan-white)]

Why is this still marked Fix Committed?

As I explained, this fix was in the 2010 release of FreeFont. It is in the latest Ubuntu, and the reporter has tested it, and found it functional.

What more needs to be done to close the report?