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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Attachment added: "screenshot of autohinted diaereses"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/608712/+attachment/4268070/+files/608712-autohinted-diaereses.png

** Description changed:

- Rendered in 12pt Regular
+ 1. Load the attached HTML file in an app that uses the Ubuntu font's
+ manual hinting.
+ <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175915/diaeresis.html>
  
+ 2. Load the same file in an app that uses the autohinter.
  
- Sample Glyphs:
+ What you see:
  
- Съешь ещё этих мягких...
+ 1. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the
+ same number of pixels. <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175771/608712
+ -hinted-diaereses.png>
  
+ 2. The distance from a letter to its diaeresis varies.
+ <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191177008/608712-autohinted-
+ diaereses.png>
  
- Description:
- 
- Diaeresis (dots on top) is too far from small cyrillic letters, for
- example ё, in 12pt size and looks separate from its letter. It should be
- 1 pixel lower.
- 
- Rendered in  Ubuntu Beta by Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; ru;
- rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6
- 
- 
- UA String:
- 
- Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; ru; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628
- Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6
+ What you should see:
+ 2. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the same number of pixels.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608712

Title:
  In Ubuntu font, autohinted distance to diaeresis varies between
  letters

Status in “freetype” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1. Load the attached HTML file in an app that uses the Ubuntu font's
  manual hinting.
  <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175915/diaeresis.html>

  2. Load the same file in an app that uses the autohinter.

  What you see:

  1. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the
  same number of pixels.
  <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191175771/608712-hinted-diaereses.png>

  2. The distance from a letter to its diaeresis varies.
  <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/191177008/608712-autohinted-
  diaereses.png>

  What you should see:
  2. At any size, the distance from any letter to its diaeresis is the same number of pixels.

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