CJK characters are rendered as rectangle.

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#338 opened on Oct 13, 2020 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Description

I was trying out druid label to render some text, but CJK characters are rendered as rectangles.

![Screenshot from 2020-10-13 17-58-38](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7972655/95846253-ce691b80-0d7d-11eb-8ed4-dbf1b258c48d.png)

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Start by reproducing the issue with a druid label containing CJK text and trace the text-rendering and font-handling path. Done means CJK characters render as glyphs rather than rectangles; no specific source file or test is identified in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack: rust
Domain: computer-graphics
Issue type: Bug
Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Activity status: Stale
Clarity: Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness: 35/100