I noticed this with a different font using the native OpenType/CFF (.otf) hinter. Is has to do with making the overshoot on top-round letters (e.g. a, e, o) visible, shifting diacritics upwards by the same amount as the round top. Note how flat-top letters like i, u, and y align to each other.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608712 Title: In Ubuntu font, autohinted distance to diaeresis varies between letters Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1. Load the attached HTML file in an app that uses the Ubuntu font's manual hinting. <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175915/diaeresis.html> 2. Load the same file in an app that uses the autohinter. What you see: 1. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the same number of pixels. <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175771/608712-hinted-diaereses.png> 2. The distance from a letter to its diaeresis varies. <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191177008/608712-autohinted- diaereses.png> What you should see: 2. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the same number of pixels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/608712/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp