Bug 184448 – [FreeType] Issue with displaying Assamese characters properly

• Component: WebKitGTK
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Sudarshan Kakoty]

Created attachment 337604 [details]
Left browser (Firefox Quantum) Right Side (GNOME Web aka Epiphany)

Description: Some unique fonts (such as Hindi and Assamese) having special geometric precision characters display incorrectly via browsers powered by WebKitGTK+ 

Steps to reproduce the crash:

1. Open Epiphany/midori browser (any browser powered by WebKitGTK+)
2. Go to the address: http://www.xahitya.org/2016/07/15/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%B0-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A7%B0/

Expected && actual result: Please checkout the attachment

How often does this happen?
 - Every time I access that page

System Details:

- Distribution: Arch Linux && Gentoo (Testing)
- Browser: Epiphany browser powered by WebKitGTK+ 2.20.0
- Version: GNOME 3.28
- Synopsis: Epiphany browser displays/renders "Assamese" characters incorrectly!
- Forwarded bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795122

[Sudarshan Kakoty]

Adding info:

Issue experienced with fresh installations, unaltered font configurations.

fr0xk@eula47-> ~ $ tree -a /etc/fonts/
/etc/fonts/
├── conf.avail
│   ├── 10-autohint.conf
│   ├── 10-hinting-full.conf
│   ├── 10-hinting-medium.conf
│   ├── 10-hinting-none.conf
│   ├── 10-hinting-slight.conf
│   ├── 10-no-sub-pixel.conf
│   ├── 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
│   ├── 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
│   ├── 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
│   ├── 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
│   ├── 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
│   ├── 10-unhinted.conf
│   ├── 11-lcdfilter-default.conf
│   ├── 11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
│   ├── 11-lcdfilter-light.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-vera.conf
│   ├── 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
│   ├── 30-metric-aliases.conf
│   ├── 30-ttf-liberation-mono.conf
│   ├── 30-ttf-liberation-sans.conf
│   ├── 30-ttf-liberation-serif.conf
│   ├── 40-nonlatin.conf
│   ├── 45-generic.conf
│   ├── 45-latin.conf
│   ├── 49-sansserif.conf
│   ├── 50-user.conf
│   ├── 51-local.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-sans.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-serif.conf
│   ├── 60-generic.conf
│   ├── 60-latin.conf
│   ├── 65-fonts-persian.conf
│   ├── 65-khmer.conf
│   ├── 65-nonlatin.conf
│   ├── 66-noto-mono.conf
│   ├── 66-noto-sans.conf
│   ├── 66-noto-serif.conf
│   ├── 69-c059.conf
│   ├── 69-d050000l.conf
│   ├── 69-freefont.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-mono-ps.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-roman.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-sans.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-sans-narrow.conf
│   ├── 69-p052.conf
│   ├── 69-standard-symbols-ps.conf
│   ├── 69-unifont.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-bookman.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-fallback.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-gothic.conf
│   ├── 69-z003.conf
│   ├── 70-no-bitmaps.conf
│   ├── 70-yes-bitmaps.conf
│   ├── 80-delicious.conf
│   └── 90-synthetic.conf
├── conf.d
│   ├── 10-hinting-slight.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf
│   ├── 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
│   ├── 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
│   ├── 11-lcdfilter-default.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
│   ├── 20-unhint-small-vera.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
│   ├── 30-metric-aliases.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf
│   ├── 40-nonlatin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf
│   ├── 45-generic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/45-generic.conf
│   ├── 45-latin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/45-latin.conf
│   ├── 49-sansserif.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf
│   ├── 50-user.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/50-user.conf
│   ├── 51-local.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/51-local.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
│   ├── 57-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-serif.conf
│   ├── 60-generic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-generic.conf
│   ├── 60-latin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-latin.conf
│   ├── 65-fonts-persian.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf
│   ├── 65-nonlatin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf
│   ├── 69-c059.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-c059.conf
│   ├── 69-d050000l.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-d050000l.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-mono-ps.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-nimbus-mono-ps.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-roman.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-nimbus-roman.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-nimbus-sans.conf
│   ├── 69-nimbus-sans-narrow.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-nimbus-sans-narrow.conf
│   ├── 69-p052.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-p052.conf
│   ├── 69-standard-symbols-ps.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-standard-symbols-ps.conf
│   ├── 69-unifont.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-bookman.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-urw-bookman.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-fallback.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-urw-fallback.conf
│   ├── 69-urw-gothic.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-urw-gothic.conf
│   ├── 69-z003.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-z003.conf
│   ├── 80-delicious.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf
│   ├── 90-synthetic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf
│   └── README
├── fonts.conf
└── fonts.dtd

System wide font settings:

Anti-aliasing: RGB
Hinting: Slight

[Michael Catanzaro]

I can reproduce in Ephy Tech Preview

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

I think this was fixed by r241402, so I'm marking this ad dupl of #194498.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 194498 ***