[Bug 880224] [NEW] Hebrew vowel diacritics are completely broken

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It seems that Ubuntu 11.10 introduced the Ubuntu font for Hebrew. It is
too early. The display of the Hebrew vowel diacritics (niqqud) is
completely broken and they make the font unusable.

Maybe the font designers thought that they are not important, because
they are used rarely, but this is a grave mistake. These vowel
diacritics are used more often than some people think. They are
relatively rarely used in emails, but they are used in the Hebrew
Wikipedia for indicating the pronunciation of foreign names. And since
Ubuntu is used as the default Hebrew fon in Firefox, foreign names in
the Hebrew Wikipedia are broken.

They are also used in poetry and Bible, so now if children want to use
Ubuntu to study for their literature classes, they cannot do it.

This must be fixed urgently. If the font designers cannot fix the vowel
diacritics, the default sans-serif font must be reverted to the older
one.

** Affects: dejavu-fonts
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: fonts-dejavu (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged

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Hebrew vowel diacritics are completely broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880224
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