Hebrew vowel diacritics are completely broken
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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DejaVu Fonts |
Unknown
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Unknown
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fonts-dejavu (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It seems that Ubuntu 11.10 introduced the Ubuntu font for Hebrew. It is too early. The display of the Hebrew vowel diacritics (niqqud) is completely broken and they make the font unusable.
Maybe the font designers thought that they are not important, because they are used rarely, but this is a grave mistake. These vowel diacritics are used more often than some people think. They are relatively rarely used in emails, but they are used in the Hebrew Wikipedia for indicating the pronunciation of foreign names. And since Ubuntu is used as the default Hebrew fon in Firefox, foreign names in the Hebrew Wikipedia are broken.
They are also used in poetry and Bible, so now if children want to use Ubuntu to study for their literature classes, they cannot do it.
This must be fixed urgently. If the font designers cannot fix the vowel diacritics, the default sans-serif font must be reverted to the older one.
affects: | ttf-dejavu (Ubuntu) → fonts-dejavu (Ubuntu) |
Changed in fonts-dejavu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
It seems fine in my system. At least in Wikipedia.
But I haven't checked what font is being actually used.
Screen shot attached.