https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48766

--- Comment #6 from Vincent Hennebert <[email protected]> 2010-02-19 
15:23:57 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
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> Screenshot from OpenOffice Writer
> 
> I've just tested with Nimbus Sans L (V 1.05) and kerning works just fine for
> those combinations for which there is data in the AFM, with PDF and PS. The 
> AFM
> I have doesn't have kerning info for “YÆ” or “Fø”.

Then please download the font from the link above.


> Maybe you just expect
> characters like "A" and "Æ" to be equivalent, but I don't remember any mention
> in any of the Type1-related specs where it is listed which glyphs are
> interchangeable concerning kerning. Take "AY" and "ÆY": this combination can
> definitely not be the same as the font shapes are quite different.
> 
> Not even OpenOffice does this kind of kerning, not even with Arial or any 
> other
> font I've checked. So IMO, it's a bit much to say it "doesn't work at all".

So where is the code that makes the conversion between Unicode code points as
provided by the layout engine and the character codes as stored in the font's
kerning map?

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