[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.9999.1 released

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Wed Apr 3 18:40:38 CEST 2013


That is it!
Looks like a HarfBuzz bug, I can reproduce it with a small test program.

Regards,
Khaled

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 08:53:44PM +0900, Dohyun Kim wrote:
> I have tried test.tex, which was an attachment of this thread, with
> Adobe Myungjo Std in various font sizes.  The most striking problem is
> that the y_offset value of U+3008 (its vertical variant, of course) is
> not proportionate to the font size.  It is bigger than normal in small
> font size; small when font size is large.  Only when the font size is
> same as the design size of Adobe Myungjo (that is 15.625pt), the
> result seems to be correct.  You can see the y_offset value if xetex
> is compiled with debug mode on.  I guess that there is some bug in
> harfbuzz or freetype or other library.  I have tested on Mac, so this
> problem may not occur under other platforms.
> 
> 
> 2013/4/3 Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at web.de>:
> >
> > Am 03.04.2013 um 11:33 schrieb Jiang Jiang:
> >
> >> What about the results from Core Text layout?
> >
> > In recent updates they seem to have improved (although I cannot read what is written). If you don't have a Mac around, I can run tests for you on intel Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) and on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) – and PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) is also possible!
> >
> > --
> > Greetings
> >
> >   Pete
> >
> > There's something the technicians need to learn from the artists. If it isn't aesthetically pleasing, it's probably wrong.
> >
> >
> >
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> Dohyun Kim
> College of Law, Dongguk University
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