[Scribus] bad rendering of Devanagari text in 1.3.3.8

[Craig Bradney]

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> Subject: [Scribus] bad rendering of Devanagari text in 1.3.3.8
> From: Aniruddha Shankar <karim at sarai.net>
> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> Date: 02-03-2007 13:39
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> Dear all,
> 
> The following screenshot comparison demonstrates Scribus-1.3.3.8 rendering
a
> Hindi string unsatisfactorily, with Openoffice.org Draw 2.0.4 rendering it
> properly for comparison. For what it's worth, the string is rendered
properly in
> the Edit Text box but not in the final output.
> 
> Is a fix for this upcoming in a newer release?
> 
> http://191a.net/scribus-oodraw-hindi.png
> 

Hi, 

yes we are aware of this. The first stage of the new text system is arriving
in 1.3.4. Once this is finalised, and we get into 1.3.6 or later, we will
hopefully be bringing in support for more languages.

Regards
Craig