https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825081
Bug ID: 825081 QA Contact: extras-qa@fedoraproject.org Severity: unspecified Version: 16 Priority: unspecified CC: fonts-bugs@lists.fedoraproject.org, i18n-bugs@lists.fedoraproject.org, psatpute@redhat.com Assignee: psatpute@redhat.com Summary: Lohit Kannada font does not properly handle vowel signs in consonant clusters Regression: --- Story Points: --- Classification: Fedora OS: Unspecified Reporter: samjnaa@gmail.com Type: Bug Documentation: --- Hardware: Unspecified Mount Type: --- Status: NEW Component: lohit-kannada-fonts Product: Fedora
Created attachment 586752 --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=586752&action=edit ODT and PDF for test-case
Description of problem:
This seems to be a resurfacing of bug #223971 but since I saw no way to reopen that bug (sorry if I'm wrong) I'm reporting this again.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.5.1
How reproducible:
In a word processor, select Lohit Kannada font and input Kannada Unicode sequences having consonant clusters of the format CCV. I have attached a sample ODT.
Actual results:
Except in a few cases of "popular" consonant clusters like K.SSA ಕ್ಷ and J.NYA ಜ್ಞ, the vowel signs are not attached properly.
When the same text is rendered with other fonts (like Tunga of Microsoft even loaded into Linux's LibreOffice) the sequences are shown properly without overlaps or malformed glyphs.
Expected results:
The Kannada language uses lots of Sanskrit-based words and hence has many consonant clusters with two and even three consonants. Also, when English words are transliterated in Kannada script like ಎಕ್ಸ್ಪ್ಲೋರ್ (explore) etc for sign-boards etc, even more consonant clusters will occur. In all these cases Lohit Kannada should be able to gracefully handle such consonant clusters and not output overlapping or malformed glyphs.
Additional info:
I have attached an ODT and PDF file demonstrating the problem.