418955 - Problem on displaying l with circle under for Charis SIL

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Tom K. C. Chiu]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Build Identifier: Several: Firefox 2.x; Firefox 3.x

I am one of the user of the Charis SIL font.  I just found that, when reading an article on the Wikipedia about "Approximant consonant", the "small letter l with circle under" did not dispaly properly:

[l̥]

As you may be able to see, the "l" and the circle are misaligned, with the circle shifted to the left side.  Have contacted SIL, the font manufacturer.  Here is their reply:

I think this probably depends on your browser or your version of uniscribe, or possibly even if you've enable smart font support in Control Panel/Regional and language settings. As you can see (this is a screenshot from the message you sent me), it displays perfectly for me: 

So, I do not believe it is the font, but an application issue. I checked the page you were referring to in both Firefox and IE and they both show it displayed wrong, but because it is fine in other apps I feel it's an application issue. 


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type [l̥] in browser.
2. Display content in browser.
3.
Actual Results:  
the "l" and the circle are misaligned

Expected Results:  
the circle shall be directly under the character "l".

Not sure.

Comment 1

[Tom K. C. Chiu]

Attachment: Expected correct direct display of l-circle

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.