playcanvas / playcanvas/engine
Hindi text does not render correctly
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area: localisation
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Forum: https://forum.playcanvas.com/t/hindi-language-in-game-text-issues/24712
Project: https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1358357
It should look like this:

But looks like this

I've check the font on Google and it looks correct there: https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Devanagari
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Hindi text issue in the linked PlayCanvas project and compare it with the expected and actual screenshots. Read the linked forum discussion and verify the Noto Sans Devanagari font reference; done means Hindi text renders like the expected example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- computer-graphics, internationalization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100