Arabic question mark used with Adlam text falls back to a system font even when font contains the mark.
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Description
A review of various browsers on desktop and mobile show the Arabic question mark rendered from a system font fall back despite the Adlam font containing the appropriate glyph. This can be seen at the center of the last line in the attached screen grabs. This was briefly discussed during Meeting 7 W3C Font and Text Community Group. (Meeting notes in link) It is possibly related to a script itemization issue where Adlam is not properly recognized.
Chrome Mac OS:
Firefox Mac OS:
Edge Android:
Firefox Android:
Chrome Android:
Sample Inspection results from Firefox showing the question mark is rendered with Times New Roman.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Meeting 7 discussion and reproducing the Arabic question mark rendering in the listed desktop and mobile browsers. Investigate whether Adlam script itemization selects the system font; done means determining the cause and documenting a concrete resolution for the question mark to use the Adlam font glyph.
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Assessment
- Domain
- internationalization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100