[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 178856] New: [GTK] 2.18.1 Garbled Arabic text rendering for some fonts

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Thu Oct 26 04:42:55 PDT 2017


https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178856

            Bug ID: 178856
           Summary: [GTK] 2.18.1 Garbled Arabic text rendering for some
                    fonts
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Gtk
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: WebKit Gtk
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: anass.1430 at gmail.com
                CC: bugs-noreply at webkitgtk.org

I'm using Geary on Fedora 27 which depends on WebkitGTK4, updated recently from 2.18.0 to 2.18.1 based on this update: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-5659051dec

I immediately noticed that Arabic text rendering is incorrect as the letters disconnected from each other (kerning) but that happens in some fonts (TTF propably) not all of them. This update makes Arabic very hard to read, and I have to copy the text to Gedit to be able to read it. I downgraded to the previous version of WebkitGTK4 and everything went back to normal.

I opened a bug downstream in RHBZ, if you're interested in more details and screenshots: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506590

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