CJK Punctuation in vertical mode

[drott]

I am facing some issues with glyph choice when using buffer direction TTB. (That's on HarfBuzz master)

./hb-view /usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-microhei.ttc --features=-vert,-vrt2 --font-size 20  --direction ttb "【2009 年 11 月 4 日美國加訊】，「不僅徹生態，遊戲。」" | display

./hb-view /usr/share/fonts/truetype/simsun/simsun.ttc --font-size 20  --direction ttb "【2009 年 11 月 4 日美國加訊】，「不僅徹生態，遊戲。」" | display

Where SimSun is available on Windows, WenQuanYi Micro Hei for example on Ubuntu.

I've experimented with --features=+vert,+vrt2 and --features=-vert,-vrt2 but that didn't lead to any changes. Am I mising something?

[drott]

"Noto Sans CJK JP DemiLight" works fine - GSUB table in WQY MicroHei is empty.

[behdad]

WQY has no hope. simsun is interesting. It has vert table under wrong language system. I need to know whether that works on Windows, in which case I'll find a workaround. My preference is not have to, but will do if Windows does.

[behdad]

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/harfbuzz/2014-October/004554.html

[drott]

Was the feedback on the mailing list helpful / sufficient?

[behdad]

Not yet :(. More work is needed. In the mean time, I suggest you switch tests to another font, or mark this as expected failure, so you're not blocked by it.

[KrasnayaPloshchad]

How about Droid Sans Japanese, MotoyaLMaru, MotoyaLCedar and Noto Sans JP?

[drott]

Nice 👍