On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@researchut.com> wrote: > On Thursday 16 Apr 2009 10:54:58 Christian Perrier wrote: >> Quoting Ritesh Raj Sarraf (r...@researchut.com): >> > So I guess the bug is assigned to the right package, then. It is a font >> > rendering problem. >> >> If the font is correct and the font *rendering* is not correct, I >> doubt the problem to be relevant for the package that just provides >> the font. > > Initially, I felt it to be a KDE problem. > Later, it looked like a problem specific to KDE Konsole. > Then later again, I realized the GNOME apps were also suffering the same. >
Which version of debian is it? etch? lenny? or which version of KDE/GNOME. > So, I'm not very sure where this bug relates to. > How is it with other localized (non-indic) languages ? > Are they rendered properly in the KDE/GNOME apps, especially the terminal apps > ? > Terminal rendering of Indic does not work well, terminal typically used monospace fonts only, variable glyph width & conjunts dont render in terminal. > From what I understood till now about fonts, I guess this problem is specific > to the way terminal fonts are rendered. Because Konqueror can render indic > fonts pretty good. So can many of the KDE text editors. I'm sure the situation > would be similar on GNOME. > Note: The same localized text, on Linux's VT, is completely garbled. It just > shows a bunch of white square boxes. > > Please confirm, which package should own this bug. Could you make screenshots with this text http://indlinux.sourceforge.net/downloads/files/mahabharat.txt Karunakar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org