Activity log for bug #1258520

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2013-12-06 13:21:57 Anthony Fok bug added bug
2013-12-06 13:22:40 Anthony Fok bug watch added http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=714641
2013-12-06 13:22:40 Anthony Fok bug task added ttf-wqy-microhei (Debian)
2013-12-06 13:24:08 Anthony Fok bug watch added http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=85890
2013-12-06 13:24:08 Anthony Fok bug task added chromium-browser
2013-12-06 13:42:56 Anthony Fok bug task deleted chromium-browser
2013-12-06 14:07:04 Anthony Fok description The following Chromium Issue was reported on 2011-06-13: "WenQuanYi Micro Hei" is rendered incorrectly on Linux https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=85890 with a screenshot that the Hangul glyphs were overlapping each other, and hence unreadable. Using FontTools/TTX for analysis, e.g. by running ttx -x glyf -y 0 wqy-microhei.ttc an XML file is generated, showing the following Horizontal Matrix table: <hmtx> ... <mtx name="uni9FC0" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uni9FC1" width="2048" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uni9FC2" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uni9FC3" width="2048" lsb="112"/> <mtx name="uniAC00" width="256" lsb="128"/> <mtx name="uniAC01" width="256" lsb="112"/> <mtx name="uniAC02" width="256" lsb="112"/> <mtx name="uniAC03" width="256" lsb="112"/> <mtx name="uniAC04" width="256" lsb="112"/> ... <mtx name="uniAC6E" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniAC6F" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniAC70" width="2048" lsb="88"/> <mtx name="uniAC71" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniAC72" width="256" lsb="72"/> ... <mtx name="uniACA6" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniACA7" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniACA8" width="2048" lsb="88"/> <mtx name="uniACA9" width="256" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniACAA" width="256" lsb="72"/> ... <mtx name="uniD7A1" width="256" lsb="168"/> <mtx name="uniD7A2" width="256" lsb="168"/> <mtx name="uniD7A3" width="256" lsb="168"/> <mtx name="uniF900" width="256" lsb="136"/> <mtx name="uniF901" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uniF902" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uniF903" width="256" lsb="168"/> <mtx name="uniF904" width="256" lsb="88"/> <mtx name="uniF905" width="2048" lsb="216"/> <mtx name="uniF906" width="2048" lsb="128"/> <mtx name="uniF907" width="2048" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uniF908" width="2048" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uniF909" width="256" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniF90A" width="2048" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniF90B" width="256" lsb="160"/> <mtx name="uniF90C" width="256" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uniF90D" width="256" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniF90E" width="2048" lsb="72"/> <mtx name="uniF90F" width="256" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uniF910" width="256" lsb="128"/> <mtx name="uniF911" width="256" lsb="128"/> ... <mtx name="uniFA25" width="2048" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uniFA26" width="256" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uniFA27" width="256" lsb="88"/> <mtx name="uniFA28" width="256" lsb="88"/> <mtx name="uniFA29" width="256" lsb="168"/> <mtx name="uniFA2A" width="2048" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniFA2B" width="256" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniFA2C" width="2048" lsb="80"/> <mtx name="uniFA2D" width="256" lsb="48"/> ... </hmtx> Apparently, WenQuanYi Micro Hei uses a horizontal advance width of 2048 for CJK characters by default, e.g.: <mtx name="uni9FC0" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uni9FC1" width="2048" lsb="96"/> <mtx name="uni9FC2" width="2048" lsb="104"/> <mtx name="uni9FC3" width="2048" lsb="112"/> whereas DroidSansFallback.ttf uses a horizontal advance width of 256 for CJK characters by default. Perhaps something went wrong when the Hangul (and related Korean Han fallback glyphs) from DroidSansFallback.ttf were merged into WenQuanYi Micro Hei? Hangul glyphs stack on top of one another, and hence unreadable, especially in Chromium browser. See: * https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=85890 "WenQuanYi Micro Hei" is rendered incorrectly on Linux (2011-06-13) * https://sourceforge.net/p/wqy/bugs/42/ WenQuanYiMicroHei hangul advance (an anonymous user reported the problem upstream on 2013-03-29) * https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=233851 korean fonts stacking vertically onto eachother and/or replaced with pinyin after updating to linux raring ringtail 13.04 (2013-04-19) * http://bugs.debian.org/714641 ttf-wqy-microhei: Incorrect advanceWidths in hmtx for composite glyphs. (with a suggested fix) Using FontTools/TTX for analysis, e.g. by running:     ttx -x glyf -y 0 wqy-microhei.ttc an XML file is generated, showing the following Horizontal Matrix table:   <hmtx>     ...     <mtx name="uni9FC0" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC1" width="2048" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC2" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC3" width="2048" lsb="112"/>     <mtx name="uniAC00" width="256" lsb="128"/>     <mtx name="uniAC01" width="256" lsb="112"/>     <mtx name="uniAC02" width="256" lsb="112"/>     <mtx name="uniAC03" width="256" lsb="112"/>     <mtx name="uniAC04" width="256" lsb="112"/>     ...     <mtx name="uniAC6E" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniAC6F" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniAC70" width="2048" lsb="88"/>     <mtx name="uniAC71" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniAC72" width="256" lsb="72"/>     ...     <mtx name="uniACA6" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniACA7" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniACA8" width="2048" lsb="88"/>     <mtx name="uniACA9" width="256" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniACAA" width="256" lsb="72"/>     ...     <mtx name="uniD7A1" width="256" lsb="168"/>     <mtx name="uniD7A2" width="256" lsb="168"/>     <mtx name="uniD7A3" width="256" lsb="168"/>     <mtx name="uniF900" width="256" lsb="136"/>     <mtx name="uniF901" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uniF902" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uniF903" width="256" lsb="168"/>     <mtx name="uniF904" width="256" lsb="88"/>     <mtx name="uniF905" width="2048" lsb="216"/>     <mtx name="uniF906" width="2048" lsb="128"/>     <mtx name="uniF907" width="2048" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uniF908" width="2048" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uniF909" width="256" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniF90A" width="2048" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniF90B" width="256" lsb="160"/>     <mtx name="uniF90C" width="256" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uniF90D" width="256" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniF90E" width="2048" lsb="72"/>     <mtx name="uniF90F" width="256" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uniF910" width="256" lsb="128"/>     <mtx name="uniF911" width="256" lsb="128"/>     ...     <mtx name="uniFA25" width="2048" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uniFA26" width="256" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uniFA27" width="256" lsb="88"/>     <mtx name="uniFA28" width="256" lsb="88"/>     <mtx name="uniFA29" width="256" lsb="168"/>     <mtx name="uniFA2A" width="2048" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniFA2B" width="256" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniFA2C" width="2048" lsb="80"/>     <mtx name="uniFA2D" width="256" lsb="48"/>     ...   </hmtx> Apparently, WenQuanYi Micro Hei uses a horizontal advance width of 2048 for CJK characters by default, e.g.:     <mtx name="uni9FC0" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC1" width="2048" lsb="96"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC2" width="2048" lsb="104"/>     <mtx name="uni9FC3" width="2048" lsb="112"/> whereas DroidSansFallback.ttf uses a horizontal advance width of 256 for CJK characters by default. Perhaps something went wrong when the Hangul (and related Korean Han fallback glyphs) from DroidSansFallback.ttf were merged into WenQuanYi Micro Hei?
2013-12-06 14:07:21 Anthony Fok bug added subscriber Qianqian Fang
2013-12-06 14:07:54 Anthony Fok bug added subscriber ZhengPeng Hou
2013-12-06 14:08:49 Anthony Fok bug watch added http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=233851
2013-12-06 14:08:49 Anthony Fok bug task added chromium-browser
2013-12-06 14:09:03 Anthony Fok bug task deleted chromium-browser
2013-12-06 14:44:26 Bug Watch Updater ttf-wqy-microhei (Debian): status Unknown New
2013-12-07 02:38:55 Anthony Fok ttf-wqy-microhei (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2013-12-09 15:52:45 Bug Watch Updater ttf-wqy-microhei (Debian): status New Confirmed
2013-12-12 14:09:47 Joonas Saarinen bug added subscriber Joonas Saarinen
2013-12-28 04:17:29 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-branches/debian/sid/fonts-wqy-microhei/sid
2014-01-02 14:22:27 Bug Watch Updater ttf-wqy-microhei (Debian): status Confirmed Fix Released