[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3345: Bug: Spacing is messed up in composer labels

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#3345: Bug: Spacing is messed up in composer labels
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        Reporter:  Alister                           |         Owner:  mhugent                     
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  closed                      
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.7.0               
       Component:  Printing                          |       Version:  Trunk                       
      Resolution:  upstream                          |      Keywords:  Print, Composer labels, font
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All                         
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0                           
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Comment(by Alister):

 Hmmm, I'm guessing this is something to do with opentype kerning:
 http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/QpqYzHxnWiKoob2ztzE9

 > FT_Get_Kerning only has access to the old "kern" TrueType table, which
 > Calibri does not include. Kerning in Calibri is realized only using the
 > modern "kern" feature implemented in the "GPOS" OpenType table. To
 > access that table, you should use an OpenType Layout engine such as
 > HarfBuzz, Pango, ICU Layout, Uniscribe, Bitstream Panorama or Monotype
 > WorldType, before you use FreeType to perform the glyph imaging.

 > This is a good idea anyway. FreeType is useful to perform glyph imaging,
 > but its text layout abilities are very limited.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3345#comment:13>
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