* Jeff Lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 2.0.0.3-1 > > While iceweasel properly handles OpenType glyph ligature substitutions > in left-, right- and center-justified text (something which the official > Firefox doesn't even try to do under Windows), it does not advance the > ligature glyphs properly under fully justified text (it appears to be > reverting to the advance width of the first base character used in the > ligature). > > Example image here: > > http://www.shipbrook.com/temp/iceweasel-font-handling.png > > Note the ct ligature in the first and third lines, and the ligatures > involving the "long s" (st and ss) in the second and third lines. > > This occurs in all OpenType fonts that I've tried which include > ligatures (e.g. the fi and fl ligatures in Microsoft core fonts like > Arial, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, etc.; and the ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl > ligatures in Palatino Linotype). > > Using Debian GNU/Linux 4.1.1-21, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7, libc 2.3.6.ds1-13, > libfreetype6 2.2.1-5. > > (This may be a FreeType issue rather than iceweasel, but perhaps not; > AbiWord 2.5.1 also has trouble with OpenType ligature advance widths, > but there it's too much space rather than too little.)
I would imagine this might be a pango issue. Is it any better with Iceweasel 3.0? -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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