Description of problem: Some characters display with the stem portion below those of the rest of the string. This problem is not consistent across font sizes, with different characters displaying the problem at different sizes. Tested on Pango versions 1.16.3 and 1.17.2. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.1.5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Any string of sufficient length should produce the error
Created attachment 158397 [details] Devanagari writing at 12pt
This is a problem with autohinting in freetype2. It is not the font or pango issue. This has been fixed in freetype-2.3-5 onwards. Make sure either you have disabled the autohinting for indic fonts or use the freetype version greater than 2.3.5.