GNU bug report logs - #37683
Eww doesn't render Arabic script correctly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 17:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37683: Eww doesn't render Arabic script correctly
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:44:52 +0300

> From: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:55:33 -0500
> Cc: 37683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I discovered that the problem only occurs when text is NOT scaled --
> if the text is made larger or smaller by any amount (with
> `text-scale-increase` etc), the cursive characters are joined
> correctly.

Then I suggest to try a different font, because on my system I see the
same correct display even without the text scaling.  Or maybe you
should upgrade your HarfBuzz (1.7.2 is quite old).
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