linebender / linebender/piet

empty layout height does not match height with text

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bug piet-cairo piet-coregraphics text
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

This is a problem on at least cairo and macOS, and is most obvious on cairo.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the empty-layout and text-layout height difference, especially on Cairo and macOS, then trace the layout-height implementation and add coverage showing that the two heights match when they should.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, rust
Domain
computer-graphics
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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