[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 565768] New: all English text in Japanese KDE apps looks double-spaced

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Summary: all English text in Japanese KDE apps looks double-spaced

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565768

           Summary: all English text in Japanese KDE apps looks
                    double-spaced
           Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
           Version: 6.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: MoveUpstream
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: ipa-pmincho-fonts
        AssignedTo: tagoh at redhat.com
        ReportedBy: tagoh at redhat.com
                CC: rdieter at math.unl.edu, than at redhat.com,
                    tagoh at redhat.com, petersen at redhat.com,
                    kevin at tigcc.ticalc.org,
                    fonts-bugs at lists.fedoraproject.org, ltinkl at redhat.com,
                    jreznik at redhat.com, fedora-i18n-bugs at redhat.com
        Depends on: 518928
            Blocks: 473302,565767
             Group: rhel_beta
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Red Hat
    Target Release: ---
          Clone Of: 518928


This issue is common issue on the propotional fonts from IPA.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #518928 +++

Description of problem:
If I run KDE apps in Japanese locale on GNOME,
their text is poorly displayed with the font
looking double-spaced.

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to GNOME
2. LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 kate

Actual results:
Default application text appears double-spaced.

Expected results:
Same as for English etc (no langpack installed).

Additional info:
Also seems true for F11.  I haven't tested under KDE.

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 04:48:04 EDT ---

> (no langpack installed).

This seems irrelevant - even with kde-l10n-Japanese installed
still happens for ascii text.

--- Additional comment from than at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 04:56:21 EDT ---

I cannot reproduce this issue on F11. it seems your local fontconfig setting
causes the problem. Could you please try with a fresh new user?

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 06:53:25 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=358438)
 --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=358438)
Screenshot-kate.png

Rawhide screenshot of "LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 kate".

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 08:10:55 EDT ---

I can reproduce with a fresh user in rawhide in KDE too,
with ipa-*gothic-fonts installed.

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 08:13:37 EDT ---

Actually only with IPAPGothic

--- Additional comment from jreznik at redhat.com on 2009-08-24 08:53:57 EDT ---

Ok,
I can reproduce it with IPA gothic fonts installed.

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-09-14 20:03:22 EDT ---

Still see this with current rawhide.

--- Additional comment from tagoh at redhat.com on 2009-09-15 01:46:13 EDT ---

I'm asking upstream this issue and waiting for a reply.

--- Additional comment from petersen at redhat.com on 2009-09-29 01:34:55 EDT ---

Tomorrow's rawhide should revert to vlgothic which help with this.

--- Additional comment from tagoh at redhat.com on 2009-09-29 05:05:31 EDT ---

This issue has been forwarded to "upstream" and there are no way of fixing that
in house (apparently fontforge is a bit buggy), I'll leave this to upstream and
visit again when they have a new release in the future.

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