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regarding ttf-bitstream-vera: lowercase m character too narrow (6x15 rather
than 7x15)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: ttf-bitstream-vera
Version: 1.10-3
Severity: minor
*** Please type your report below this line ***
The Bitstream Vera Sans Mono font that is 15 pixels in height (I would
specify a point size, but that seems to vary depending upon other
characteristics of my environment) seems to have a problem.
Specifically, the lowercase 'm' glyph is one pixel too narrow; whereas
other characters have a width of seven pixels, the width of 'm' is only
six pixels. This is really frustrating, since I use the 15-pixel-high
Sans Mono to display code and other text that should align properly.
Some applications (e.g. gnome-terminal) seem to correct for
misalignment. However, other applications (notably: browsers like
Mozilla) do not. To see the problem for yourself, you need only visit
this web page:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~goodell/font-problem.txt
Here is what that web page looks like to me:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~goodell/font-problem.gif
Notice that 'm' is the only lowercase letter that exhibits this
characteristic. I have observed that with both larger and smaller font
sizes, this behavior is not present, and things work fine.
I really like Bitstream fonts, but this 'm' problem sadly renders this
particular font unusable for me, at least in this particular size.
Please let me know if you need more information. Note that I have
antialiasing enabled, but I don't think that this should make a
difference.
Geoff
-- Package-specific info:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-====================-====================-========================================================
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared
library files
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing
library for X
ii fontconfig 2.2.2-1 generic font configuration library
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages ttf-bitstream-vera depends on:
ii defoma 0.11.7 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.10-7+rm
The ttf-bitstream-vera package has been removed from Debian so we are closing
the bugs that were still opened against it.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/461308 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
Kind regards,
--
Marco Rodrigues
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