Bug 429527 - [ml_IN]: Removal of a glyph from font file
Summary: [ml_IN]: Removal of a glyph from font file
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: fonts-indic
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Rahul Bhalerao
QA Contact: QE Internationalization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 429526
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-01-21 12:14 UTC by Ani Peter
Modified: 2016-08-01 01:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-10-08 08:04:19 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
patch for Lohit-Malayalam.sfd (8.84 KB, patch)
2008-01-22 15:18 UTC, Rahul Bhalerao
no flags Details | Diff
Editor Testing (no difference) (40.67 KB, image/jpeg)
2008-09-19 05:45 UTC, A S Alam
no flags Details
Screenshot in Fontforge (117.97 KB, image/png)
2008-09-19 05:51 UTC, A S Alam
no flags Details


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2008:0905 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE fonts-indic bug fixes and enhancement update 2008-10-08 08:04:04 UTC

Description Ani Peter 2008-01-21 12:14:43 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #429526 +++

Description of problem:
There is a glyph in Malayalam font file where when, 0D38 + 0D4D + 0D31 forms a
glyph with 0D31 under 0D38 like a below based image. This should not happen,
instead must be giving the output just as the sequence of keys.
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gedit 2.20.4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open gedit
2.Type 0D38, 0D4D and 0D31

  
Actual results:
Glyph formed will be like 0D31 under 0D38

Expected results:
Just as in key sequence 0D38, 0D4D and 0D31

Additional info:
screenshot attached

-- Additional comment from apeter on 2008-01-21 07:12 EST --
Created an attachment (id=292356)
Files with correct and wrong glyph

Comment 1 Rahul Bhalerao 2008-01-22 15:18:26 UTC
Created attachment 292524 [details]
patch for Lohit-Malayalam.sfd

This patch removes the said glyph.

Comment 4 Rahul Bhalerao 2008-08-01 09:43:04 UTC
Fixed in fedora,needs to be built for RHEL.

Comment 5 Rahul Bhalerao 2008-09-10 12:10:16 UTC
Fixed in fonts-malayalam-2.3.1-1.

Comment 7 A S Alam 2008-09-19 05:45:18 UTC
Created attachment 317153 [details]
Editor Testing (no difference)

Comment 8 A S Alam 2008-09-19 05:51:47 UTC
Created attachment 317156 [details]
Screenshot in Fontforge

Screenshot in fontforge with new and old file (as per suggested by SE), has removed glyph for which bug filed

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2008-10-08 08:04:19 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0905.html


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