https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145583
Bug ID: 145583
Summary: [Mac OS X] Bad kerning
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.1.6.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: graphics stack
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Kerning in LibreOffice seems to be quite haphazard. This is more noticeable
with some fonts than others. In the screenshot I've attached, the font is
Cambria (12 pt). Obvious kerning problems are highlighted in red. In this case,
kerning is worse with "pair kerning" on. However, if I switch the font to
Arial, all the obvious kerning problems are in the version with "pair kerning"
off. Note especially that the kerning is inconsistent for the same letter pairs
and words. I've never seem any other MacOS program exhibit these kerning
problems (likely because they let the OS handle the text display). The
screenshot shows kerning in the TextEdit program for comparison.
Reports of this issue seem to date back almost 10 years. Regardless, the
closest pre-existing bug I could find was Bug 87373 which was closed as fixed
(mainly because the bug had become too long and unwieldy).
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose a non-monospace font (Arial for example).
2. Type some text.
Actual Results:
The kerning is haphazard. Even if you type the same word twice, it will have
completely different kerning the second time.
Expected Results:
The kerning is clean and consistent (as you see in other MacOS programs).
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.6.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0e133318fcee89abacd6a7d077e292f1145735c3
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.7; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_UZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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