Created attachment 118579 [details] Image of the start or end point moved vertically I draw my own font glyphs with Inkscape, cut/paste them to FontForge and generate OTF fonts. But when I use these fonts in Writer and export the result to PDF the result in Pdf browsers shows the start point of the outline moved vertically while the end one remains in place. No problems exporting texts with the same font applied from Word, Indesign, Inkscape, Xara. This problem doesn't occur if I generate Type 1 or TTF fonts.
Created attachment 118580 [details] One of he fonts I use
I work on Kubuntu 14.04 and use Libre Office 4.2.8.2 Build ID : 420m0 (Build : 2) But the problem was already there for a long time.
This isn't the fault of Inkscape or SVG format because every glyph I draw directly inside FontForge has the same problem at the start/end point when exported to an OTF font used in Writer and then exported to PDF.
The bug disappears if I generate a Type 1 font in FontForge, reload this Type 1 in FF and generate an OTF (but generating Type 1 in FF from curves drawn in SVG alterates them).
It seems that the problem is solved if I set the font cadratin to 2000 instead of 1000 in FontForge before generating an Open Type font. Does Libre Office Writer need this level of precision to export correctly to PDF ?
To be sure, please test the 1000 setting with LibO 5.0. You can use this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
I tested in LibreOffice 5.0 (installed from the ppa you indicated to me) another of my own fonts created with cadratin set to 1000 and the same problem occurs. Then I set it to 2000 and the problem disappears again.
I asked on the IRC dev channel and it was suggested that you tweak the start point by half a unit and see what happens. A rounding error in LibO code somewhere is suspected.
Please try with a fresh 5.3, which has the new layout engine: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/?C=M;O=A You also didn't respond to my comment 8 Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
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Hi, I tried a fresh 5.3 some months ago and it didn't resolve this issue. However if I change the grid precision of my font from 1000 EM to 2000 EM after finishing its design the problem disappears totally.
I must precise that changing Grid precision solves the problem for any versions of LibreOffice
(In reply to ivan louette from comment #12) > I must precise that changing Grid precision solves the problem for any > versions of LibreOffice Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME