[gnome-cyr] [Bug 15194] New - koi8-r encoding: incorrectly shown with some fonts

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Changed by kirillov math sunysb edu 

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15194

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+Bug#: 15194
+Product: Evolution
+Version: 0.99
+OS: other
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: Mailer
+AssignedTo: evolution-mail-maintainers ximian com                            
+ReportedBy: kirillov math sunysb edu               
+QAContact: louie ximian com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Summary: koi8-r encoding: incorrectly shown with some fonts 
+
+Here is a problem I found with evolution. I am not sure if it is
+evolution bug or gtkhtml, so I am filing it for evolution.
+
+Problem: I am using en_US locale but occasionally get messages in Russian
+(koi8) encoding. 
+
+ If I select in control-center->HTML viewer->fixed width font to be
+-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-m-*-koi8-r
+or
+-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-m-*-koi8-r
+
+(I do have these fonts installed, and they have Cyrillic glyphs)
+then in my messages, instead of Russian, I see something like
+
+? 25@:0
+
+For some other fonts (e.g., 
+-monotype-courier new-medium-r-normal-*-20-*-*-*-m-*-koi8-r)
+
+the message is displayed perfectly. 
+
+I am somewhat puzzled. For the record, the message contained correct
+headers identifying its encoding as follows: 
+
+
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+
+If needed, I can send you a test message - you do not need to know Russian
+to see if it correctly displayed. 
+
+Speculation: 
+It may be related to the fact that when you request font 
+-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-m-*-koi8-r
+what you actually get is the font 
+-Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal--18-180-75-75-M-110-koi8-ub
+koi8-ub is an encoding that contains glyphs from koi8-r, koi8-u, and then
+some; it is aliased to koi8-r. Still I can't see how it can be  a problem :)