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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: ubuntu-font-family
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Some characters too wide with default fixed-with font

Status in Ubuntu Font Family:
  New
Status in “fonts-tlwg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ttf-droid” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “xfonts-terminus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The character "▷" (Unicode code point U+25B7, "white right-pointing
  triangle") takes up more space than other characters.  It extends
  outside of its bounding box such that it overlaps with the character
  immediately to its right.

  Please see the attached screen shot for an example of the triangle
  overlapping with the character 'M'.

  This triangle character is not the only one that is drawn too wide.
  U+25B6 is (somewhat trivially) another example. An even better example
  is the drachma sign, U+20AF, which overlaps the character that follows
  entirely.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Feb 15 10:05:54 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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