internetarchive / internetarchive/bookreader

Text layer rendering problem in Hanifi Rohingya text

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Description

See: https://archive.org/details/20231022_20231022_2050/page/n3/mode/2up

The text in the right hand side columns mostly does not render, but does come through here and there. This could be related to the characters used—it is Rohingya in the Hanifi script, a right to left writing system. However the characters do appear in places and this text may be included as images, I am unsure.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the linked Internet Archive scan and inspect the BookReader text-layer rendering entry point. Determine whether the Hanifi Rohingya content is text or images, then trace right-to-left rendering for the affected right-hand columns. Done means the text renders consistently when the scan is viewed in BookReader.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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