[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140767] New: Support for Syriac justification ("Kashida") by stretching the word-line instead of growing spaces between words (just like Arabic)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140767

            Bug ID: 140767
           Summary: Support for Syriac justification ("Kashida") by
                    stretching the word-line instead of growing spaces
                    between words (just like Arabic)
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: maronitetreasury at gmail.com

Description:
Requesting that text justification be done by stretching the word-line (called
"Kashida" or "tatweel") rather than the spaces between the words. This was
fixed in arabic, and it's essentially the same feature with similar rules to
arabic.

(This type of feature is essential for many use cases of Syriac: virtually all
Syriac texts are justified.)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Paste in or type in a Syriac text.
2. Justify the text.
3. Set Right-to-Left (need complex layouts enabled).
4. Put line-breaks to test the justification.
5. Pick a font like "Noto Sans Syriac Western"

Actual Results:
There are wide spaces between words.

Expected Results:
The connecting line of the words should stretch so that there is minimal white
space, very similar to Arabic.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
sample text for convenience:

ܐܰܒܓܰܕ ܗܰܘܰܙ ܚܰܛܺܝ ܟܰܠܡܰܢ ܣܰܥܦܰܨ ܩܰܪܫܰܬ
ܐܲܒܓܲܕ ܗܲܘܲܙ ܚܲܛܲܝ ܟܲܠܡܲܢ ܣܲܥܦܲܨ ܩܲܪܫܲܬ
ܐܒܓܕ ܗܘܙ ܚܛܝ ܟܠܡܢ ܣܥܦܨ ܩܪܫܬ


Help - About LibreOffice:
Version: 7.0.3.1
Build ID: 00(Build:1)
CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.0.3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
Calc: threaded

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