Defect Report

In the latest available Noto fonts Malayalam (Sans, and Serif) ചന്ദ്രക്കല comes in unnatural positions (downside the letter when using in Indesign.)

Noto fonts can be obtained from https://notofonts.github.io/
If you find a problem with a released font, then please use this template to file a defect report.
Before filing your report, please check if the latest development build has fixed the issue. You can get development builds by finding the font family on https://notofonts.github.io/ and following the link to "Development builds".

Title

Should be brief but contain essential information.

Font

Full file name, for example 'NotoSansArmenian-Regular.ttf'.
You can upload the problem font here unless it is a Chinese, Japanese or Korean font (these are large).

Where the font came from, and when

For example:
Site: https://noto-website-2.storage.googleapis.com/pkgs/NotoSansArmenian-hinted.zip
Date: 2017-04-10 (preferred format)

Font Version

• Mac - right mouse click on a font and try Preview to see version info.
• Win -- right mouse click on a font (Local Disc > Windows > Fonts) and see version info on Properties.
• Linux -- use (Gnome) Font Viewer: open a font and click on Info tab.

OS name and version

This is especially important if the font came pre-installed.

Application name and version

If the issue is observed using a specific app.

Issue

Summarize the issue briefly -- one paragraph preferred

1. Steps to reproduce
2. Observed results
3. Expected results
4. Additional information

Unicode chart, technical specs, shaping info, comparison with non-Noto fonts, comparison with earlier version of the same font (regression cases)

Character data

Please include real character data to illustrate your issue-- Unicode codepoints are helpful. This makes it possible for developers who don't know the language or script to copy/paste the text to reproduce the issue.

Screenshot

If possible, include a screenshot or an image illustrating the issue.
Annotations are also helpful.

Tools for reporting bugs

Harfbuzz hb-view and hb-shape

These are part of the HarfBuzz distribution and can help isolate if an issue is in the app/OS, shaping engine, or font.

• hb-view renders the text with the exact font (for example, to see how ligatured characters shape) using your installed version of HarfBuzz.

For example:

  hb-view --font-file {path to font} --text-file {path to text file} --output-file '{sample}.png'

• hb-shape shows glyph selection and positioning

Fontview

• Fontview displays the text.

Fontdiff

• Fontdiff displays the text using two versions of the font side by side.