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Eww doesn't render Arabic script correctly

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#37683: Eww doesn't render Arabic script correctly
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:55:30 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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).

There doesn't seem to be anything further to do here, so I'm closing
this bug report.

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