Hi Matin,
"Matin Abdullah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/14/2007
04:32:05 AM:
> I am using Batik 1.6 to view Arabic SVG files. I read in the bug report
> 28429 that the Arabic diacritics were shifted to the right.
Correct, the resolution of this bug was to align diacritic marks
with the right side of the base glyph rather than the left.
> That is why vocalized Arabic words in Batik 1.6 render differently than
> other program. (I am viewing the SVG file in Mozilla and setting the
> font in notepad and wordpad). On the other hand Batik 1.5.1 renders
> these words exactly as other programs.
The reality is that none of these programs renders these examples
particularly well. Without access to special mark positioning
information it isn't possible to correctly position the marks on
the base glyphs. SVG currently doesn't have anything in this area
so we are left to guess where the marks should go.
> Is this a bug? Should I submit a bug report in the Batik site.
I don't consider it a bug, it is true we are different,
but we are intentionally different.
You can always open a bug, but the bug would essentially be
the inverse of bug 28429, where Pierrick asked for the marks to
be aligned on the right side of the base glyph instead of the
left side of the base glyph.
I am curious if you are a native reader/writer of Arabic
or if you are just "blindly" comparing Batik with other
applications? (different isn't necessarily wrong ;).
