[Bug 30688] New: Hebrew text missrendered (missing or misplased vowel points) depending on the font

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30688

             Bug #: 30688
           Summary: Hebrew text missrendered (missing or misplased vowel
                    points) depending on the font
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.4
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: andreiaici at yahoo.ro
    Classification: Unclassified


In short a certain software ISA v2 (and hopefully not only, i.e. not an app
specific issue that renders the same on native Windows (I can't check this))
displays hebrew characters in various flawed ways.

Fonts fall into at least two categories:

missing niqqud:
There are fonts that render niqqud for all but the last letter in a word. I've
also seen fonts that are rendered displaying the dot on a _final_ shin yet the
same font fails to do the same for a final vav. These fonts are almost usable
otherwise, but even these have the dots missplaced by a few pixels. 

Even Ezra SIL is affected and in it's case these niqqudim are half of the
letters width off to the left. Ezra SIL fails to render both the dot on a shin
as well as for other letters.

missplacing niqqud:
There are other fonts like Tahoma, Times or Arial that render _all_ the vowels
but they fail to insert them under the letters and appear separately under
whitespace as if it was another character, which makes things illegible. 

Relevant to this bug: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=76000#76000 

(Most fonts can't display hebrew characters at all and those that do probably
do not include vowels signs (i.e. niqqud) so testing can be tricky.)

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