--- Begin Message ---
Package: fonts-dejavu-core
Version: 2.35-1
Severity: normal
Hi!
In the latest upload, letter combinations that would be ligatures (fi, ff,
ffi, ...) get replaced by some random characters instead. For example, in
Dejavu Sans, fi becomes a reversed omega with a breve, while in Dejavu Sans
Bold, fi becomes o with a horizontal slash.
Downgrading to 2.34 fixes this issue, thus eliminating the possibility some
other recent upgrade was the culprit.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 09:00:26AM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 20.05.2015, 16:26 +0200 schrieb Adam Borowski:
> > Iceweasel.
>
> Does the issue persists if you restart Iceweasel? If not, then I don't
> think there is much we can do about it from a font packager's position.
Hrm, indeed it does not. Which is weird, as fonts get reloaded every page
load, so after upgrading/downgrading dejavu the change shows up.
> > In both libreoffice-writer and pango-view ligatures do render correctly.
>
> So, this does not seem to be an issue with the font itself, right?
Only this version of this font shows the issue.
> Please feel free to either close this bug or reassign it to iceweasel --
> or pango, cairo, harfbuzz, freetype, fontconfig or whatever in the font
> rendering stack may be responsible for this glitch. :/
Closing then, as I have no means of finding another culprit.
--
// If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately
// cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple
// of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all
// your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices.
--- End Message ---