google / google/fonts

Noto font with Myanmar text does not render correctly

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-- Needs Upstream Resolution I Font Bug z_Noto
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Description

We made a [very basic test](https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/jzoo-hotspot-dev/noto.html) to check how Myanmar is rendered using different fonts. Using Google Fonts with Noto does works almost correctly on Safari 10:

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199657/19676092/86fbfafe-9a92-11e6-88a9-7eb63ae24452.png)

Firefox Developer Edition 51 is also incorrect:

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199657/19676132/b82fab70-9a92-11e6-9f82-62ff145442c7.png)

And Chrome 54 is worse:

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199657/19676117/a5a38e0e-9a92-11e6-8435-dca4f458c710.png)

For reference here is a correct rendering using another font (smart zawgyi):

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199657/19676257/72fe5230-9a93-11e6-86de-ed77e152d0fe.png)

All screenshots were made on the same machine using macOS Sierra 10.12.1.

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