Bug 141955 - Dire kerning with default font, on Linux
Summary: Dire kerning with default font, on Linux
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2021-04-29 01:09 UTC by nj
Modified: 2021-08-11 20:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Screenshot (343.49 KB, image/png)
2021-04-29 01:10 UTC, nj
Details
Another specimen, though not as bad: see the 'a' and the 't' and the 'u' in 'natural' (10.54 KB, image/png)
2021-04-29 01:15 UTC, nj
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Description nj 2021-04-29 01:09:19 UTC
Description:
With the default font, on a barely altered template and indeed an instance of LibreOffice in which I have changed fairly few settings, sometimes the kerning is diabolical. See the screenshot that I will attach.

Steps to Reproduce:
Uncertain. As my screenshot shows, the problem affects only some instances of the relevant letters.

Actual Results:
See screenshot and specifically the second line and within that line the gap between the 'p' and the 'a' in the word 'grandparent'.

Expected Results:
I expect - in the normative sense (this is what should happen) and the predictive sense (I imagine that it would happen) - kerning that was not as disastrously, distractingly bad as it actually was. You can't have a word processor that does this. It's completely deal-breaking.


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
PS: The text on this page about adding an attachment 'once the bug is filled' makes little sense - it is either bad English for 'when you have filled in the fields above' or else 'filed' is meant.

I do not have OpenGL enabled. Er, I think. This webpage should tell the user where to look for that setting. I can find an 'Open *C*L' setting . .
Comment 1 nj 2021-04-29 01:10:21 UTC
Created attachment 171484 [details]
Screenshot
Comment 2 nj 2021-04-29 01:15:42 UTC
Created attachment 171485 [details]
Another specimen, though not as bad: see the 'a' and the 't' and the 'u' in 'natural'
Comment 3 Dieter 2021-05-14 06:06:54 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. It seems you're using an old version of LibreOffice. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
Comment 4 nj 2021-05-16 12:49:33 UTC
I am afraid not. For, it is a pain - too much of a pain - to install new versions of LibreOffice. (It's .debs for miles . .)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2021-05-17 03:44:36 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2021-08-11 20:13:51 UTC
(In reply to nicholasjoll from comment #4)
> I am afraid not. For, it is a pain - too much of a pain - to install new
> versions of LibreOffice. (It's .debs for miles . .)

Ok, so closing as UnsufficientData.

Best regards. JBF