| Issue 45878: | Indic font rendering on linux improper | |
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Chrome Version (from the about:version page): 5.0.375.55 (Official Build 47796) Is this the most recent version: Yes, in the stable channel OS + version: Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 8.04 CPU architecture (32-bit / 64-bit): 64-bit and 32-bit respectively Window manager: KDE URLs (if relevant): http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/ (for example) Behavior in Linux Firefox: Works perfectly Behavior in Windows Chrome (if you have access to it): Works perfectly What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Visit any web page which uses Indic fonts 2. Open the same page in Firefox What is the expected result? The Indic fonts should render correctly. What happens instead? They are rendered horribly bad. Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot and backtrace if possible. I have tried this on both Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 8.04. The issue persists on both distros. I have not installed any special fonts. On both distros, full autohinting and sub-pixel rendering is enabled. I am attaching a screenshot for reference.
Jun 24, 2010
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Jul 5, 2010
This is the output taken on Ubuntu 8.04 with KDE as my window manger. Note that I am using Chromium nightly build 6.0.458.0 (51647), however the result is same on the Linux stable/beta channel too. The Firefox version is 3.6.6. On Chrome/Chromium, even the bold Hindi fonts are not appearing. Bold Hindi fonts work fine on Fedora as seen in my previous screenshot, but not on Ubuntu. Also, the problem of improper rendering still exists.
Jul 5, 2010
I looked around in the source code of the BBC webpage, and it tests for the "mangal" font. I installed the mangal.ttf from somewhere on the internet, and now the bold fonts are appearing fine, but otherwise the rendering is still messed up in Chrome/Chromium and proper in Firefox. The problem also seems much more intensified when Chrome(ium) is using Mangal. On a side note, I would really prefer not having to use Mangal, since it's an hideously ugly font. Is there any specific reason why Firefox is able to show bold fonts properly, but Chrome(ium) isn't?
Aug 6, 2010
Hello, I would like to update something, this defect still exist in Kubuntu 10.04, but works good with Gnome!: about:version: Google Inc. Copyright © 2006-2010 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved. Google Chrome 5.0.375.99 (Official Build 51029) WebKit 533.4 V8 2.1.10.14 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.99 Safari/533.4 Command Line /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome I am using stable channel OS + version: Kubuntu 10.04 (KDE 4.5) Window manager: KDE - it renders good when working with Gnome. Behavior in Linux Firefox: good Behavior in Windows Chrome (if you have access to it): good
Nov 1, 2010
I am still seeing the issue. The problem seems to be limited to few characters called 'matra's. They seem to be shifted to the left when rendered. Example text from Wikipedia Hindi: देवनागरी में लिखने के Also it looks like Bold text is not seeing issues. about:version Google Chrome 7.0.517.41 (Official Build 62167) WebKit 534.7 V8 2.3.11.17 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/7.0.517.41 Safari/534.7 Command Line /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
Nov 23, 2010
Same problem as mentioned in Comment #5. about version: Google Chrome version: 7.0.517.41 OS Description: Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) Gnome version 2.32.0
Jan 20, 2011
I too have this problem on Ubuntu 10.10 Linux ruturaj-ThinkPad-X201 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm running GNOME and Google Chrome 8.0.552.237 (Build provided by Ubuntu) =================== Have same problem on Fedora 14 Linux dv-rutu-v 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:10:47 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Google Chrome Beta 9.0.597.67
Apr 25, 2011
Issue persists as in screenshot attached in Comment 1. I have Ubuntu 10.10, Gnome 2.32.0 and Chrome 10.0.648.205
Apr 25, 2011
This seems to be fixed in chrome dev (ver 12.0.742.5) (not sure about beta), you may try that
Apr 26, 2011
It does fix the specified issue in the dev version. However, it introduces a new one. Headlines are not readable anymore. They show as boxes now, so I don't know what link I am clicking on as I can't read it. See attached screenshots for details.
Apr 26, 2011
It works now after I manually installed Mangal.ttf font.
Aug 10, 2012
Due to the age of the issue, changing the priority to P3, however because it has at least 10 stars, marking it for review.
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IceBox
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Aug 10, 2012
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Unconfirmed
Mar 5, 2013
I suspect that this is fixed. OR, it's caused by bad fonts being installed (FreeSans.ttf?).
Mar 5, 2013
It has been fixed for a while, I think.
Mar 5, 2013
+1 yes, its fixed . I am using a lots of different versions of linux distributions; latest chromium builds are running with smooth indic display. Ashish Ranjan
Mar 10, 2013
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Aug 21, 2014
Tamil Text is not displayed properly in Google Chrome Version 36.0.1985.143. I am using it in Fedora 20 with Gnome Version 3.10.2. This issue is happening with previous versions of chrome as well. In same computer, I have Mozilla Firefox installed by default and there is no issues in Firefox. In chrome, the encoding is set to autodetect and it choses UTF-8. It happens on all webpages. To make to sure that the problem is not because of extensions, I tried in Incognito mode, but the problem still persists. When I searched through google forum, many questions on same topic were posted, but they are closed without any resolution. This issue happens only on Tamil as far as I have noticed. Languages like Malayalam and Telugu are displayed correctly. I have attached the screenshot from Chrome and Firefox displaying the same page : ta.wikinews.org . I couldn't upload the the screenshots, so the links are : chrome: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jayabharat/14993763792/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jayabharat/14807525718/ firefox https://www.flickr.com/photos/jayabharat/14807437849/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jayabharat/14971141436/ FYI, the same page displays properly with Chrome on Windows 8.1. |
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