[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 117109] New: HTML attribute for Sanskrit not passed to rendering layer

Sat Jun 1 06:18:11 PDT 2013

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117109

           Summary: HTML attribute for Sanskrit not passed to rendering
                    layer
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 420+
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Layout and Rendering
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: Stevan_White at hotmail.com


Created an attachment (id=203489)
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proper display in Firefox on Linux

Hi,

It seems the HTML attribute for Sanskrit language text
     lang="sa"
is not properly passed to the font rendering layer as OpenType tag 
     'SAN '

Firefox does it right, and using a font which makes a distinction betwen
Sanskrit and Hindi in Devanagari script, it makes a big difference with
fonts

Herre a test file: works 
  * with GNU FreeFont installed, and
  * using recent Firefox.
 ==========================================
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Sanskrit vs Hindi</title>
<style type="text/css">
    body, td { font-family: freeserif; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p><em>Requires a font that distinguishes Sanskrit and Hindi.</em></p>
    <p>[ <span lang="sa">क्क</span> ] [ <span lang="hi">क्क</span> ]</p>
    <p>[ <span lang="sa">ङ्य</span> ] [ <span lang="hi">ङ्य</span> ]</p>
    <p>[ <span lang="sa">ष्ट्र्य</span> ] [ <span lang="hi">ष्ट्र्य</span> ]</p>
</body>
</html>

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