Package: inkscape Version: 0.48.3.1-1+b1
When importing a PDF file with text that contains a ligature, inkscape replaces the ligature with the Unicode replacement character �. This occurs with some fonts and not with others.
To reproduce the problem: - create a new document - text tool, insert text such as ifuflff - change font to an affected font (examples given below) - save document as PDF (sample attached) - (document displays correctly using evince) - open document using inkscape, with "replace fonts by closest" enabled - observe Unicode replacement character instead of ligatures Free fonts on my system which lead to this problem: - Charis SIL (in TTF, from package fonts-sil-charis) - Fanwood Text (in OTF, from http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fanwood) - Goudy Bookletter 1911 (in OTF, from package ttf-goudybookletter (sic)) A font which does not display the problem: - Linux Libertine O (in OTF, from package fonts-linuxlibertine)This seems to be different from upstream bug #271614 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/271614).
I am using kernel 3.3.0-trunk-amd64, libcairo2 version 1.12.2-2, fonts-sil-charis version 4.106-5.
-- Eric Marsden
ligature-bug.pdf
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