Bug 508443

Summary: Certain Unicode glyphs not showing in title screens
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: Jarno van der Kolk <jarno>
Component: Title Clips & SubtitlesAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.08.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jarno van der Kolk 2025-08-19 01:35:44 UTC
SUMMARY
When creating text in a title screen containing special unicode glyphs, like 😆 or ⏩, these are invisible.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on "Add title screen"
2. Click on "Add text"
3. Paste special glyph like 😆 or ⏩

OBSERVED RESULT
Pasted glyphs do not show, though they do take up space.

EXPECTED RESULT
Glyphs should show.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
At first I thought this maybe had something to do with the font, but I tried many different fonts, and they all have this issue.