Bug 5345

Summary: Xft problem with fonts that have dual width
Product: xorg Reporter: Barosl LEE <barosl>
Component: Lib/XftAssignee: Keith Packard <keithp>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: high    
Version: 7.1 (2006.05)   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard: 2011BRB_Reviewed
i915 platform: i915 features:
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screenshot of programs using GulimChe(monospace) none

Description Barosl LEE 2005-12-15 19:19:15 UTC 
"some fonts that have dual width are busted."

I'm using Korean monospace font, '?GulimChe'.

There was already an issue about this: Korean character and non-Korean character
are regarded as if they have same widths.
In default fontconfig configuration file(/etc/fonts/fonts.conf), there is
already a fix for the problem.

<match target="font">
	<test name="family"><string>GulimChe</string></test>
	<edit name="globaladvance"><bool>false</bool></edit>
	<edit name="width"><int>0</int></edit>
</match>

It worked perfectly, but after upgrading to fontconfig-2.3.2(and gtk+-2.8,
cairo), it doesn't work in many program.

gedit, firefox, epiphany, gtk font selector have the problem.
gnome-terminal, gvim, kedit, konqueror, opera don't have the problem.

The problem was originally reported as
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82
Comment 1 Barosl LEE 2005-12-15 19:21:45 UTC 
Created attachment 4090 [details]
screenshot of programs using GulimChe(monospace)

gedit, firefox, epiphany, gtk font selector have the problem.
gnome-terminal, gvim, kedit, konqueror, opera don't have the problem.
Comment 2 Keith Packard 2006-09-01 11:12:27 UTC 
This is a bug in Xft; it should be ignoring global advance unless explicitly
told to use it. We've fixed that in cairo, so most gnome apps should work now.
Comment 3 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:29:22 UTC 
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 4 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2011-09-27 00:25:56 UTC 
Keith, is this something we want to fix in libXft, or should this be closed as 
wontfix/use cairo?
Comment 5 Keith Packard 2011-09-27 10:54:37 UTC 
I'm afraid I'd have to go look at the code for a long time to even begin to understand what this was all about; it's been five years...
Comment 6 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 19:09:39 UTC 
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.

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