[HarfBuzz] Issue with cursive attachment

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Tue Aug 25 12:59:23 PDT 2015


Seems to work as expected now, thanks!

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 08:31:09PM +0100, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> Fixed now.  I actually like the new code better.
> 
> On 15-08-23 04:58 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> > I’ve a problem with mixing cursive attachment lookups with RTL flag set
> > on some of them and not the others.
> > 
> > I’m attaching two minimal fonts showing this issue, the only different
> > between the good and bad fonts is that the bad font has a cursive
> > attachment lookup with RTL flag not set while all the others have it
> > set, and HarfBuzz seems to not to apply that lookup on the same word
> > where the other lookups are applied.
> > 
> > Testing with the word كمثل, the anchor between the 2nd and 3rd glyphs
> > (from right) is not applied in the bad font but applied in the good one.
> > Both DirectWrite/Uniscribe and Core Text apply it fine in both fonts
> > (though Core Text has other serious problems).
> > 
> > If I unset the RTL bit on all the cursive attachment lookups, it renders
> > correctly in HarfBuzz.
> > 
> > (If you are wondering why I’m doing this, it is because for some of my
> > cursive attachments I want rightmost glyph to stay in its natural
> > position and the other glyphs attached to it instead of having the
> > leftmost glyph stay in its natural position.)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Khaled
> > 
> > 
> > 
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