Bug 138596

Summary:	[SVG -> OTF Converter] SVG's getStartPositionOfChar disregards ligatures
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Myles C. Maxfield <mmaxfield>
Component:	Layout and Rendering	Assignee:	Myles C. Maxfield <mmaxfield>
Status:	NEW
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Myles C. Maxfield

Reported 2014-11-10 21:11:51 PST

It decides that it can cut a string at any arbitrary point for width calculations, including halfway through a ligature. If this occurs, the width of the ligature is disregarded and the width of one of the constituent pieces of the ligature is recorded instead.

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Myles C. Maxfield

Comment 1 2014-11-10 21:12:53 PST

SVGTextMetrics::measureCharacterRange()

Myles C. Maxfield

Comment 2 2014-11-10 21:15:53 PST

See svg/text/kerning.svg

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