[XeTeX] weird kerning with GFS Didot's italic face

[Pablo Rodríguez]

Ralf Stubner wrote:
> Pablo Rodríguez <oinos at web.de> writes:
> 
>> Is this caused by a bug in FreeType that doesn't handle the italic
>> kerning right or is it a bug in the fonts themselves?
> 
> That's a bug in the font. The 'We' and 'Vo' kerning in the italic font
> is way to large. For the bold font, the right side bearing of the 'M' is
> to large (there is no 'Me' kerning, but try words with other vowls
> following M). 
> 
> I have no idea why this does not occur on Windows. Maybe GPOS kerning
> isn't supported in the application you used?

I used Word 2000 in Windows 2000. Probably it doesn't use GPOS kerning.

Thanks,


Pablo