Bug 195745

Summary: Letter spacing shouldn't break Arabic words
Product: WebKit Reporter: Ebrahim Byagowi <ebrahim>
Component: CSSAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED    
Severity: Normal CC: bfulgham, mmaxfield, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: WebKit Nightly Build   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   

Description Ebrahim Byagowi 2019-03-14 06:47:39 PDT 
Testcase:
data:text/html;charset=utf8,<div style="letter-spacing: 10px;">%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86</div>

Actual:
Breaks the word letter on Arabic

Expected:
Shouldn't insert space between on an Arabic word per https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-3/#cursive-tracking

Equivalent bugs to get context:
https://crbug.com/942012
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342835
Comment 1 Brent Fulgham 2022-07-01 15:42:52 PDT 
We seem to exactly match Chrome behavior here. Can you reopen if we are still doing something wrong in macOS 13 or iOS 16?
Comment 2 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-07-01 15:43:07 PDT 
<rdar://problem/96318423>