1140316 - [RTL][Gallery]The question mark in RTL is about the same size as that in LTR.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Mozilla Localizations :: ar / Arabic, defect)

Description

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Attachment: question_mark.png

[1.Description]:
[RTL][v2.2&v3.0][Gallery]The  Arabic question mark is about the same size as English question mark.
See attachment:question_mark.png

[2.Testing Steps]: 
Prerequisite: Set system language as Arabic and have some photos in Gallery.
1. Launch Gallery app.
2. Select some photos.
3. Tap delete button to delete these photos.
4. Observe the "?" of prompt message.

[3.Expected Result]: 
4. The Arabic question mark should be a smaller, higher positioned, and mirrored version of the English question mark.

[4.Actual Result]: 
4. The  Arabic question mark has the same size as English question mark.

[5.Reproduction build]: 
Flame 2.2 build:
Build ID               20150305002528
Gaia Revision          89af288bad6751248ff84504fa898206fee127fe
Gaia Date              2015-03-04 18:00:05
Gecko Revision         https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-b2g37_v2_2/rev/6d8d294aa8f3
Gecko Version          37.0
Device Name            flame
Firmware(Release)      4.4.2
Firmware(Incremental)  eng.cltbld.20150305.094337
Firmware Date          Thu Mar  5 09:43:49 EST 2015
Bootloader             L1TC000118D0

Flame 3.0 build:
Build ID               20150305072141
Gaia Revision          0017f2bbc63781a5409644b664d80ebaa1543653
Gaia Date              2015-03-05 00:46:59
Gecko Revision         https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/993eb76a8bd6
Gecko Version          39.0a1
Device Name            flame
Firmware(Release)      4.4.2
Firmware(Incremental)  eng.cltbld.20150305.160341
Firmware Date          Thu Mar  5 16:03:51 EST 2015
Bootloader             L1TC000118D0

[6.Reproduction Frequency]: 
Always Recurrence,5/5

[7.TCID]: 
Free Test

[8.Note]:
When delete a Connected Wi-Fi from Settings, the Arabic question mark is about the same size as English question mark.

Comment 1

[Delphine Lebédel [:delphine - Use needinfo]]

I *think* this is an l10n issue that can be fixed by localizers, by using the Arabic-specific question mark, which as per the specs is in fact "a smaller, higher positioned, and mirrored version of the English question mark."
Please let me know if this can't be fixed on l10n side. Thanks

Comment 2

[Anas Husseini [:linostar]]

If an English question mark was used, it would have appeared the same as it would within an English Test. It would also appear on the right side instead of the left side of the sentence (see examples below). So what we're seeing in the snapshot is an Arabic question mark.

Arabic question mark at the end of Arabic text:
سؤال؟

English question mark at the end of Arabic text:
سؤال?

Not all Arabic fonts design the question mark as it should be: "a smaller, higher positioned, and mirrored version of the English question mark". Some of them just use a mirrored version of the English question mark, like the font displayed in the snapshot and many Windows standard fonts. So it is more of a font issue than a localization issue.

Comment 3

[Delphine Lebédel [:delphine - Use needinfo]]

Hey thanks Linostar for that explanation :) 
Of course it's not the English question mark here - however I thought maybe it was still a possible "incorrect" version of the font. 
I will therefore close this bug as resolved-invalid. Please re-open if deemed necessary at one point. thanks!

Comment 4

[Khaled Hosny]

I’m not sure what is the origin of the smaller or raised question mark idea, the only requirement of the Arabic question mark is to be a mirrored version of the ASCII one. It may or may not have a different size or baseline, depending on what fonts end up being used.