https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72704
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 72704
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Other: Bad encoding in bundled PT Serif font (currency
symbols)
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: Windows (All)
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.2.0.0.beta2
Component: Libreoffice
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 90766
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=90766&action=edit
Same text, different currency symbols
Problem description:
The PT Serif font bundled with LO has a serious (and deliberate) bug in the
currency symbols block. The new Russian Ruble symbol is substituted for the
Indian Rupee and Turkish Lira symbols.
Steps to reproduce:
1. In Writer type ₹100 [100 Rupees] or ₺1000 [1000 Turkish Lira] using e.g.
Source Sans Pro
2. Select text and change font to PT Serif
Current behavior:
The ₹ and ₺ symbols change to the new Russian Ruble symbol introduced several
days ago.
Expected behavior:
Currency symbols remain unchanged.
Background Information:
Several years ago, a group of Russian type foundries designed a symbol for the
Ruble that they hoped would be officially adopted. [This was approved this
week; http://rt.com/business/ruble-has-its-own-sign-038/].
To promote their then-unofficial symbol, ParaType added it to their fonts in a
Very Bad Way - they used ALL of the codepoints in the Currency Symbols block
that were empty at that time. (U+20B6 to U+20CF). Since then, there have been
additions to that block, including Indian Rupee and Turkish Lira, and more are
coming, including Azerbaijan Manat.
Resolution:
LibreOffice should stop bundling the PT Serif font until ParaType issues a
properly-encoded version. Otherwise the currencies that users refer to in their
documents will be ambiguous.
Operating System: Windows (other)
Version: 4.2.0.0.beta2
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