Description: In the attached screenshot, I’ve written an English sentence with an Arabic word in the middle on the first row of a Calc sheet. On the second row, I’ve written the same Arabic word (العربية) by itself. The second row looks as it should but on the first row, some of the characters overlap. The same problem occurs if I surround the isolated Arabic word with parentheses, in which case the cell is automatically aligned to the left. I’m using the default font settings, which in my environment are Liberation Sans for Latin text and DejaVu Sans for Arabic. The problem only occurs in Calc, not Writer. This problem was first reported for LO 6.0.3.2 on Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1793127 . Another user there confirmed the bug for LO 6.0.3.2 and 6.1.1.2. Steps to Reproduce: 1. In a LTR Calc cell, write some text in English, then Arabic and then English. Actual Results: Some of the letters of the Arabic text overlap. Expected Results: Arabic should look the same as in an RTL context. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
Created attachment 144988 [details] Screenshot of an Arabic RTL inset in the middle of LTR text
Did some testing and looks like it appeared with the HarfBuzz implementation in 5.3.
Can you also reproduce with 6.1.x or master ?
(In reply to Lior Kaplan from comment #3) > Can you also reproduce with 6.1.x or master ? Original report was for 6.1.1. I confirm with master Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: b752a93acff31c824bcec4233a8dd9bee014ca7d CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: threaded Built on 12 October 2018
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I tested this again with LO 6.3.2.2 installed on Ubuntu as a snap. Now font metrics are still mixed up in the main view while I am typing and permanently on the formula line. When I finish typing and press Enter, the main display shows the characters correctly. So part of the problem is fixed, part is remaining. Version: 6.3.2.2 Build ID: libreoffice-6.3.2.2-snap1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 155033 [details] Screenshot on LO 6.3.2.2 The first line in the main view looks correct; the second line, which I'm still typing at the moment of this screenshot, is incorrect. The formula line is incorrect, too.
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Tested again on LibreOffice 7.3.0.3 on Windows 10. Now the formula line looks good but all LTR cells in the main view have font metrics mixed up, whether I'm currently typing them or not. For some reason, cells starting with a RTL character that Calc automatically aligns to the right behave as they should, although they're still not truly RTL, as the order of mixed LTR/RTL elements is wrong. See the attached screenshot. Version: 7.3.0.3 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f246aa12d0eee4a0f7adcefbf7c878fc2238db3 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: fr-FR Calc: CL
Created attachment 178599 [details] Screenshot on 7.3.0.3
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 103492 ***