kreier / timeline

An overview of the human history as a graph in a pdf file.
https://kreier.github.io/timeline/
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Special character not rendered correctly: ʹ like in Me·thuʹse·lah (not at all) #43

Open kreier opened 4 months ago

kreier commented 4 months ago

This is a question dating back to January 19, 2024. The original report is documented in https://github.com/kreier/timeline/blob/4.0/python/test/bugreport.txt

Problem: If you have an English string that includes the modifier letter prime U+02B9 then it is not rendered at all. Like for example in the name Me·thuʹse·lah

My assumption is that there is a relation to the needed use of a shape engine like harfbuzz - similar to my current problems with Khmer.

The issue was reported on the official Google Groups for reportlab on January 26th: https://groups.google.com/g/reportlab-users/c/_t11MUnyQs4