Bug 42485

Summary:	Sans Bold: Hebrew diacriticals/niqqud: ו (Vav) and י (Yod) vowel placement
Product:	DejaVu	Reporter:	Paul Sladen <freedesktop>
Component:	Sans	Assignee:	Deja Vu bugs <dejavu-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	lp-880224-dejavu-sans-hebrew-vav.pdf

Description Paul Sladen 2011-11-01 11:58:12 UTC

Created attachment 53016 [details]
lp-880224-dejavu-sans-hebrew-vav.pdf

Forwarded from Launchpad #880224 on behalf of Amir E. Aharoni and Shahar Or:

  "Hebrew vowel diacritics are completely broken"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ttf-dejavu/+bug/880224

The concern raised is over the placement of the vowel diacriticals following ו (Vav) and י (Yod).  The user has confirmed that the issue is apparent in the sample PDF:

  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/83992298/lp-880224-dejavu-sans-hebrew-vav.pdf

  "The Holam point is supposed to be above Vav, not to the left of it. The Dagesh point in Pe and Yud is hardly visible."

(Not being a native Hebrew reader, I cannot know or offer guidance personally on the correctness or accuracy of the point in question).

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