+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #48191 +++ " I had Zdenek Wagner look at the latest, and he found a couple of problems remaining in the Hindi text. See attachment. The more serious (in red) is a character replacement that still isn't happening. The other is a spacing issue. This may be a separate bug, I don't know. It will take me some time to sort out what's going on here. "
i.e. picture of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=65545 and source doc of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=65437 with FreeSerif of freefont-otf-20120503
So, this is an ICU thing, not our thing ;-) Looking into it, it's the usual savage complexity around Indic reordering and which GSUB feature gets applied when. pango is taking the input of 0x92A, 0x94D, 0x930 reorders it to... 0x92A, 0x930, 0x94D and then applies the rphf and blwf features to that. while icu seems to now attempt to implement http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/devanot/shaping.aspx (IndicReordering::v2process) The upshot being that that reordering doesn't happen before the rphf and blwf features are applied, so its not the same replacements that occur. pango, icu and internet explorer/windows firefox give three different results (didn't check HarfBuzz). I can't tell whether this a bug or not, but if it is it appears to be an icu one. Ideally file a bug there or try their dev list to see if anyone has a better oversight.
Hi Caolán, I can confirm the Hindi isn't working right in Windows (Firefox and Explorer). That's a disappointment...I know I tested it, and followed Microsoft's recommendations as best I could. Evidently, I broke it at some point. It was heavily tested in the primary targets under Linux, on Firefox, Pango apps, and XeLaTex. There it gives very similar results. LibreOffice is the odd man out. Anyway, nevermind this until I get it sorted out on that great platform. Interestingly, to my poor eyes, the Sinhala *is* rendering correctly in Windows. That's funny, because some tricks were pulled in that script, which for a long time broke it in ICU/OpenOffice. Cheers!