Sat 03 Oct 2009 09:14:00 PM UTC, comment #4:
Yes, this bug doesn't depend on a font
I produced screenshots (Ubuntu 9.04) with different fonts (some chars got replaced due to the missing glyphs in the char table, but it's easy to see which ones)
i quickly tested Arial, Verdana, DejavuSans, DejavuSerif, TrebuchetMS, NimbusSans and Georgia using Ubuntu font configuration options - ę is broken at some sizes in the 10-14 range in every case. Horizontal line is 1px off, this sometimes happens to the capital letter (Ę) too albeit less often.
While looking carefully at the DejavuSans I noticed that the base shape of the e glyph is distorted when there is some modifier at the bottom (dots, ogonek, whatever). Modifiers above seem not to produce any unwanted effects.
I couldn't check my findings with other fonts because usually they don't cover these obscure e derivatives.
This issue may not appear serious, because only ę is common enough to be included in a common font, but I am sure there would be problems with all unicode fonts having extensive set of glyphs that cover other e's with modifiers. I just don't understand why e is so magic when combined with other stuff :)
This issue may not appear serious but it's annoying to say the least. It's a vowel you can often see multiple times in a single sentence in Polish (for example in the simple sentence "I will love you" you get it 3x) and you literally can't find even single font that scales well in the 10-14 range (especially sansserif type).
(file #18807, file #18808, file #18809, file #18810)
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