[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] [8u] RFR 8201801: RTL language (Hebrew) is presented from left to right

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

Hi Dmitry,

Not going into technicalities of the fix, but it seems it will break 
non-macos build as you are checking for CFont in a shared class?
Also, if it's the issue still exists, then why you are fixing only in 8u 
and not in jdk12?

Regards
Prasanta
On 9/3/2018 3:20 PM, Dmitry Markov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Could you review a fix for jdk8u, please?
>
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8201801
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dmarkov/8201801/jdk8u/webrev.00/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Edmarkov/8201801/jdk8u/webrev.00/>
>
> Problem description:
> The fix for 7162125 [1] enabled font tables processing on OSX. However 
> there is a lack of support for RTL languages in ICU layout engine. 
> Quote from ICU guide: “…The AAT processing in the LayoutEngine is 
> relatively basic as it only applies the default features in 
> left-to-right text. This processing has been tested for Devanagari 
> text. Since AAT processing is not script-specific, it might not work 
> for other scripts…”, more details at 
> http://userguide.icu-project.org/layoutengine
> As a result all RTL languages on OSX are incorrectly laid out, (i.e. 
> the letters are reversely presented).
>
> Fix:
> Skip font tables for RTL languages on OSX platform.
>
> Thanks,
> Dmitry
>
> [1] - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7162125

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