[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.9999.1 released

[Khaled Hosny]

After a bit more debugging it turned out to be a FreeType bug, I have a
preliminary patch but I'm waiting for input from FreeType developers.

Regards,
Khaled

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 06:40:38PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> 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
> > Seoul, Republic of Korea
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