Open Bug 142805 Opened 22 years ago Updated 2 years ago

superscript after italics need extra spacing

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(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

x86
Linux
defect

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(Reporter: iwi, Unassigned)

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(Keywords: testcase)

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041717

When rendering superscripts after an italicised character, a little extra
horizontal space is needed to prevent the characters running together -- 
whether or not the superscripted character is itself italicised.

e.g. <i>7<sup>th</sup></i> ("7" and "t" run together)

Another example: <i>X<sup>-2</sup></i>
In a Serif font, the "-" sign merges with the top-right serif of the
"X", making it very easily misread as <i>X<sup>2</sup></i>.  (If this 
was a mathematical formula -- and these are generally italicised -- the
misreading could be serious.)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce: View HTML as in example.
Actual Results:  Characters run together.
Expected Results:  Clear space around characters.
Attached file testcase
As someone who writes and reads math a lot, I should note that I would _never_
inflict math in HTML on a reader.... :)
Confirming issue in the Linux Redhat May 24th build  (2002-05-24-08).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Priority: -- → P3
Priority: P3 → P4
Target Milestone: --- → Future
.
Assignee: attinasi → font
Component: Layout → Layout: Fonts and Text
Priority: P4 → --
QA Contact: cpetersen0953 → ian
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Priority: -- → P4
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Duplicate of bug 15116?
*** Bug 278589 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Severity: minor → normal
Depends on: 15116
Keywords: testcase
Priority: P4 → --
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Assignee: layout.fonts-and-text → nobody
QA Contact: ian → layout.fonts-and-text
Severity: normal → S3
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