35705 - entities &laquo; and &raquo; render looking like {{ and }} instead of << and >>

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect, P3)

Description

[B.K. DeLong]

Summary should say it all. Basically the character entities of « and 
» don't look like they should. As much as I hate to point it out, 
WinIE5.5  seems to render them more clearer. They should look like << and >> 
but from what I see, they look like smaller {{ and }}.

Comment 1

[Richard Zach]

This is for you Erik.

bkdelong, what build are you using?

Comment 2

[Richard Zach]

Incidentially, I don't see any but the first set of quotes on Linux build
2000.04.12.11, and the last pair of quotes shows as 9...:

Comment 3

[B.K. DeLong]

I'll have to admit (rather ashamedly) that I'm using NS6b1 Build: 2000033212 on 
Windows 98.

Comment 4

[Erik van der Poel]

Thanks for the bug reports. I'd like to keep Windows and Linux separate, since
the code is separate (at the font engine level). Zach, would you please create
a separate bug for Linux and assign it to me? Thanks.

Comment 5

[Richard Zach]

Filed bug 35767 fior Linux problem.

Comment 6

[Erik van der Poel]

Here are the entities (CERs) used in the above URL:

CER       Dec  Hex Name
«   171   AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
»   187   BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
‘  8216 2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
’  8217 2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
‚  8218 201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
„  8222 201E DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
“  8220 201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
”  8221 201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
‹ 8249 2039 SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
› 8250 203A SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK

Comment 7

[Erik van der Poel]

I think this is a problem with the font itself. I tried it in both Mozilla and
IE5, and the quotes do indeed look like {{ and }}, but when you increase the
font size, they look OK. Are you saying that IE5.5 is using a larger default
font size that makes these quotes look OK?

Comment 8

[B.K. DeLong]

That's probably the case, yes. It appears that WinIE5.5 might be using a 
different font size. I'm afraid I don't know if its just with these entities or 
with the browser rendering as a whole.

Comment 9

[Erik van der Poel]

This is a minor issue. I may look into it later when I have time.

Comment 10

[ekrock's old account (dead)]

FUTURE. Optimal-default-font-sizing issue for a couple of rarely-used entities.

Comment 11

[Frank Tang]

This is a font issue. If I use Arial, it looks ok. Mark it WONTFIX.

Comment 12

[Christine Hoffman]

Verified WONTFIX