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Bug 442750 - gnome-font-viewer doen't support BiDi nor Arabic shaping
gnome-font-viewer doen't support BiDi nor Arabic shaping
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 346942
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] font properties
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-01 01:56 UTC by Khaled Hosny
Modified: 2007-06-01 16:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18

Attachments
Screenshot with Arabic text (89.86 KB, image/png)
2007-06-01 01:59 UTC, Khaled Hosny 		Details

Description Khaled Hosny 2007-06-01 01:56:37 UTC 
When viewing a font with Arabic glyphs in gnome-font-viewer, the sample text, which is translated to Arabic, is shown aligned to the left with no BiDi nor shaping. This renders gnome-font-viewer quite unhelpful for Arabic script.
Comment 1 Khaled Hosny 2007-06-01 01:59:58 UTC 
Created attachment 89144 [details]
Screenshot with Arabic text

Here is a screenshot showing ltr unshaped Arabic string
Comment 2 Jens Granseuer 2007-06-01 16:17:41 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 346942 ***