linebender / linebender/piet

piet-cairo do not hendle new line charater propely

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Description

When it ask to render a new line char piet-cairo do generate a proper text layout, but it display a tofu where the new line is instead of displaying nothing.

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Research direction

Start by locating the piet-cairo text-layout and rendering path responsible for newline characters, then reproduce the reported tofu output. Confirm the fix by checking that a newline creates no visible glyph while still producing the expected text layout.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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