OpenPrinting / OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters

Arabic glyphs are not joined together by texttopdf

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Description

Describe the bug
We have resolved the proper direction of the Arabic text here:
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/issues/84

Another issue is that the glyphs are not joined together which they should.

To Reproduce
$ cupsfilter in.txt >out.pdf

Input:
in.txt

Output:
out.pdf

Output in Evince:
Evince

Expected behavior
Arabic glyphs should be joined together as shown on below Screenshots.
Gedit:
Gedit

Libreoffice:
Libreoffice

Gnome Shell:
Gnome Shell

System Information
All systems.

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Research direction

Start with the texttopdf path exercised by cupsfilter in.txt >out.pdf and compare the attached input and output with the expected Arabic rendering examples. Done means Arabic glyphs are joined in the generated PDF; the payload does not name a source file or test.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
cli, internationalization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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