273669 - Simplified Arabic font is not rendered correctly

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 199853

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Hosam]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I think it occurs with the "Simplified Arabic" font. The font is not rendered
correctly. Look at the page in Internet Explorer and compare it to Firefox. You
can notice that some characters are higher (or lower) than others in Firefox.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Simply open any site of those in the "Additional Information" section.
Actual Results:  
The font is not rendered correctly.

Expected Results:  
A similar output to Internet Explorer's

http://www.ikhwan-info.net/bigobitsh3.php
http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?aid=27484

Comment 1

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Windows XP Home SP1

I was able to reproduce this bug. In the most recent of IE 6, the straight line
in arabic fints, specifically with Simplified Arabic in this case, is very
evident. In Firefox though, the straight line is not as evident and you can see
there several characters are rendered a pixel or two below where they should be.

I did not verify if other Arabic fonts had this same result. Added "fonts"
keyword to summary.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 4

[Hosam]

This bug is verified in Firefox 1.5 beta 2. The URL has been updated.

Comment 5

[Ossama Khayat]

This problem still exists in FireFox 1.5.0.3!
I'll attach a screenshot.

Comment 6

[Ossama Khayat]

Attachment: Maldisplayed Arabic Justified Text