[Bug 1310017] Re: freetype 2.5.x broke rendering of the default Korean font

[Chris Halse Rogers]

Hello Changwoo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted freetype into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  freetype 2.5.x broke rendering of the default Korean font

Status in FreeType: High Quality Font Rendering:
  Unknown
Status in “freetype” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “freetype” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  * Impact:
  The rendering of Ubuntu's default Korean font(NanumGothic) is incorrect.
  The most seen sympton is character's upmost part is not shown and it can make impossible to read or confused with different character(ex: 줄 & 출).

  * Test case:
  Copy and paste '를' to gedit.
  Open gucharmap, find 를 (U+B97C), and see character in [Character Details] tab.
  Compare it. Upmost horizontal line should apear properly in gedit like as gucharmap's detailed view.

  Change account name to '를' and logout.
  See account name show properly in greeter.

  * Regression potential:
  check that text rendering is fine in the greeter and session, using different fonts and locales

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  ubuntu-settings overrides org.gnome.settings-
  daemon.plugins.xsettings.hinting to "slight" , while GNOME default was
  "medium". This broke rendering of NanumGothic, the default font for
  Korean language, in default installation.

  I have no idea on what ground this value has been overridden, but it
  critically broke Korean language desktop.

  screenshots from #1303572

  14.04 https://launchpadlibrarian.net/172899667/1404_font.jpg

  12.04
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1303572/+attachment/4084748/+files/1204_font.jpg

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