artemp/trac2github — Issue #559: Character spacing not correct for nepali text
Author: artemp
Created: 2011-10-09 20:40:31+00:00
State: open
Labels: Core_Library

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Met a native nepali speaker in Haiti, who warned me that the spacing mapnik uses with these characters should not be equal and makes the labels difficult to read. Apparently some characters should be close, while others farther away.

However, this may simply be a font issue (using some OpenType font like noted in #112). Needs some testing...