Created attachment 1113570 [details] screenshot showing error state Description of problem: after selecting a font for view, the "Sample" tab does not load sample text correctly - font displays correctly, playground works correctly, but sample text looks like it may be an error message or fragment of code Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fontmatrix-0.9.99-22.r1218.fc23 How reproducible: very Steps to Reproduce: 1. open fontmatrix 2. double click any font 3. "Sample" tab is selected by default and shows incorrect sample text Actual results: screenshot included : displays commas, parenthesis, semicolons, etc. Expected results: loading a meaningful sample of glyphs used in font, or text configured in preferences Additional info: I believe this was working properly in previous releases, but I am not 100% certain. The current user id was created as a clean home directory on a new install of Fedora Workstation 23 - so no settings have been carried over in the home directory from other distributions or from previous uses of fontmatrix.
current release source from fontmatrix repository (not the source rpm) compiles and runs correctly.
Can you share what font you selected on which locale? I need this to reproduce this bug. Also take a screenshot of what sample text is looking for you? I think font will render the selected language's sample text only when that font contains glyphs to render that sample text. E.g. I selected Devanagari language font and sample text Hindi and rendering of sample text becomes readable. Otherwise you will see only commas, parenthesis etc...
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