kerning for Latin Modern fonts

[Guillaume Millet]

Latin Modern fonts (LMRoman, LMSans, ...) are not automatically kerned in Inkscape whereas they are in OpenOffice.
See the example attached.
On Kubuntu 8.10, Inkscape 0.46+devel, built Feb 2 2009

[fogman (sv)]

Hello,

i've exactly the same problem.
I'm using inkscape and Tex Text for my scientific stuff.
Mathematical formulars are written in Tex Text, whereas the normal text (LMRoman10) is written in Inkscape.
Booth fonts are exactly the same, but the kerning is different.
For example "Test" (from Tex and Text) looks differently (at T<->est).

Normally, as far as i know, Inkscape should automatically do the kerning for ttf-fonts?
One can adjust it, by manually do "Alt +" or "Alt -" on the specific letter.
But this is not an option for me, since i've to write a lot text.

Even the latest svn build (11.03.2009) still has this problem.

[Preben S (prsodk)]

This is the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/219864

[Guillaume Millet (guimillet)]

I am not sure that this is the same bug because, contrary to the bug 219864, kerning pairs with other fonts than LM work on Linux, Kubuntu 9.04, Inkscape 0.46+devel built Feb 2 2009.

[Preben S (prsodk)]

I think it was a comment - "It doesn't work under Linux either" - in the link: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3153&start=0, that gave me the idea, that it was the same bug.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Not reproduced on Ubuntu 11.04, Inkscape 0.48.1 and trunk revision 11737, with both LMRoman and LMSans downloaded at www.fonts2u.com.
Could you please confirm it's also fixed for you?
I can't reproduce the issue on my computer, thus it's a bit difficult to say if it's due to Inkscape, its dependencies or the font...

[Guillaume Millet (guimillet)]

I can reproduce the bug on Kubuntu 12.04, Inkscape 0.48.3.1 r9886, lmodern package 2.004.1-3.1ubuntu1.
For example, the kerning between A and V is still bad on my computer.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Confirmed with the packaged fonts from Ubuntu, Inkscape 0.48.1 and trunk revision 11737.

[Guillaume Millet (guimillet)]

Not reproduced on Kubuntu 13.10, Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939, lmodern 2.004.4-3.

[Guillaume Millet (guimillet)]

sorry, it was Kubuntu 14.04 in #9.