Technical: HEAD.direction should be 0 (not 2)
Bug #727638 reported by
Paul Sladen
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Font Family |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Malcolm Wooden |
Bug Description
showttf Ubuntu*.ttf | grep fontdirhint
This probably wants to be zero ("0 Mixed directional glyphs")
http://
Possibly related to bug #726759 ("Technical: Hebrew RtL LtR markers display U+202B").
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | none → 0.72 |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
assignee: | nobody → Malcolm Wooden (malcolm-daltonmaag) |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
milestone: | 0.82 → 1.00 |
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The meaning of this bit changed between TrueType and OpenType - as today www.microsoft. com/typography/ otspec/ head.htm
there are much better ways to process and display mixed direction text.
The OpenType spec says "Deprecated (Set to 2)":
http://
Dave