Bug 449758 - Arabic fonts with custom preview text displayed incorrect.
Summary: Arabic fonts with custom preview text displayed incorrect.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 434978
Alias: None
Product: kfontview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs
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Reported: 2022-02-07 19:19 UTC by Said Bakr
Modified: 2025-12-21 07:27 UTC (History)
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From Font viewer(Incorrect) (184.06 KB, image/png)
2022-02-07 19:19 UTC, Said Bakr 		Details
From libreoffice(correct) (58.12 KB, image/png)
2022-02-07 19:20 UTC, Said Bakr 		Details
Hebrew, Hebrew w/ Numbers and Arabic (enclosed by RLM marks) - שלום - ש1ל2ו3ם - سَلَام (56.40 KB, image/png)
2025-12-21 07:23 UTC, Yaron Shahrabani 		Details
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Description Said Bakr 2022-02-07 19:19:48 UTC 
Created attachment 146401 [details]
From Font viewer(Incorrect)

SUMMARY
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Trying to preview Arabic fonts with custom Arabic text, the text rendered as separated characters from left to write. This display is incorrect. Attachment screen shots from both Font viewer as the incorrect render and Libreoffice as coreect one for the same text sequence with the same font are attached.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Kubuntu/KDE Plasma: 20.04/5.18.5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Said Bakr 2022-02-07 19:20:38 UTC 
Created attachment 146402 [details]
From libreoffice(correct)
Comment 2 Yaron Shahrabani 2025-12-21 07:23:46 UTC 
Created attachment 187834 [details]
Hebrew, Hebrew w/ Numbers and Arabic (enclosed by RLM marks) - שלום - ש1ל2ו3ם - سَلَام

I'm experiencing the same thing in Hebrew.

The boxes in the beginning and at the end of my screenshots are RLM marks, completely ignored.
Comment 3 Yaron Shahrabani 2025-12-21 07:27:10 UTC 
Duplicate of 434978

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 434978 ***