Re: pango doesn't render non-Latin characters with cairo-quartz-font

[Ryan Schmidt <pango-2008c ryandesign com>]

I posed this question on July 3 and nobody responded. I also asked  
the cairo list on July 6 and nobody answered there either. Can anyone  
give me any guidance about how to deal with this issue?


On Jul 3, 2008, at 00:35, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> Hello. I maintain cairo and pango in MacPorts, and I have a report  
> from a user that when cairo-quartz-font is in use, pango doesn't  
> render non-Latin characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai,  
> Tibetan). When cairo-quartz-font is turned off (i.e. when cairo- 
> quartz-font.pc is deleted and pango is rebuilt), these characters  
> show up.
>
> The reporter was using Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) with cairo 1.6.4  
> and pango 1.20.3. I can confirm the issue with Mac OS X 10.4.11  
> (Tiger) on Intel with cairo 1.6.4 and pango 1.20.5.
>
> Here is the detailed bug report that was filed with MacPorts:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15626
>
> I don't know if this is a cairo bug or a pango bug. I thought I'd  
> start by asking the pango list. Please let me know if you think I  
> should ask the cairo list instead. Thanks.