GNU bug report logs - #39554
27.0.50; cairo not composing sequences

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: James Cloos <cloos <at> jhcloos.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 23292, 44784

Found in versions 24.5, 27.0.50

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Message #49 received at 39554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: James Cloos <cloos <at> jhcloos.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, 39554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39554: 27.0.50; cairo not composing sequences
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 08:50:27 +0200

> From: James Cloos <cloos <at> jhcloos.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:40:19 -0500
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, 39554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> in this case one font is used.
> 
> w/ m17lib+libotf the two glyphs are combined and displayed one atop the other
> (ie, z-axis stacking).
> 
> w/ harfbuzz the two glyphs still are combined but displayed next to each other.
> (ie, x-axis stacking).
> 
> the first way is the correct way.  the latter is a bug.

_If_ it's a bug, it's either in the font or in HarfBuzz.  Not in Emacs.
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