377126 - Intra-word spaces seen in pages containing telugu text.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Graphics, defect)

Description

[Naresh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061204 GranParadiso/3.0a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061204 GranParadiso/3.0a1

 It is observed that intra word spaces are seen in pages containing telugu text.
   Source: eenadu.net
  Snapshot: Firefox3_Linux_Telugu_IntraWordSpacesSeen.gif

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch the Firefox3-GranParadiso browser
2. Load the site eenadu.net
3. Make sure that the ttf font has been properly installed.


Actual Results:  
Intra-word spaces observed.

        Attaching a snapshot which illustrates the problem.

Expected Results:  

 No intra-word spaces should be seen.

Comment 1

[Naresh]

Attachment: The attachment shows the reported behavior.

Comment 2

[Stuart Parmenter]

I don't have the font I need for this since we don't do downloadable fonts.  Anyone know where I can find Eenadu1.ttf?

Comment 3

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

See http://eenadu.net/fonthelp.htm

Comment 4

[arjuna rao chavala]

This is a pango redndering issue of windows proprietary fonts

Comment 5

[arjuna rao chavala]

The comment #4 is amended as below 
This is a pango rendering issue of windows truetype fonts

Comment 6

[arjuna rao chavala]

Unwanted hyphens rather than spaces are seen on this config.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008071615 Fedora/3.0.1-1.fc9 Firefox/3.0.1

Attachment added
This is a old problem which needs to be handled by Pango team

Comment 7

[arjuna rao chavala]

Attachment: eenadu font displays unwanted hyphen like mark within word

Comment 8

[arjuna rao chavala]

Tip: For installing truetype fonts, in Fedora core 9, click on font file and select install. Restart application