[HarfBuzz] Sinhala split matra

[Harshula]

Hi Jonathan,

On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 21:51 -0800, Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 13/11/12 18:15, Harshula wrote:
>  > 4) Commit 0736915b8ed789a209205fec762997af3a8af89c ([Indic] Decompose
>  > Sinhala split matras the way old HarfBuzz / Pango did) has a bug. The
>  > five fonts I test with do not render correctly now. I suspect no fonts
>  > render correctly with current TOT Harfbuzz. i.e. A regression. Try කේ
>  > (<U+0d9a><U+0dda>).
> 
> Yes, U+0DDA behaves incorrectly - sorry about that, we'll fix it.

Thanks. You may want to have a look at the Pango code because
positioning the al-lakuna in Pango, IIRC, needed Sinhala specific code.

Any chance you could respond to some of the questions?

2) You refer to "free fonts". Are you referring to GNU Free Font or to
the two GPL'd fonts that support Sinhala? One of them is deprecated,
there are problems with glyphs etc, and the other, FreeSerif, that is
meant to replace the former works well with Harfbuzz from a week ago.

5) Since this is a FOSS project, any chance you and Jonathon could
elaborate a bit on the problem you guys are trying to fix and the
reasoning behind the decision to overturn what was agreed to in
September?

Thanks,
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