[XeTeX] Bug or design flaw in Polyglossia 2012/04/29 v1.2.1

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 30, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> With original XeTeX 0.9998 and recent (development) version 0.9999.2 in TeX Live 2012 I get this PDF output from a Malayalam text:
> 
> <XeTeX-Malayalam-Bug.pdf>
> 
> 
> The empty boxes represent:
> 
> 	Missing character: There is no . in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no . in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 2 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 0 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 1 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 3 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 3 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 	Missing character: There is no 0 in font Rachana/OT:script=mlym;language=DFLT;mapping=tex-text;!
> 
> When the missing characters are obviously Latin, why aren't they taken from a Latin script, from \englishfont for example?
> 
> 
> <XeTeX-Malayalam-Bug.log><XeTeX-Malayalam-Bug.tex>
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>  Pete
> 

Howdy,

Strangely enough, I just downloaded and installed Rachana.ttf (Font Book gives the version as Rachana:05;Revision:0.100) and I get the missing information.

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Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)