[Ipe-discuss] Problem with Ipe GUI

[Otfried Cheong]

Which version of Freetype are you using (check with Ipe -> Help -> Show Libraries)?

It seems there is a bug in Freetype 2.10 that might cause this, see https://github.com/otfried/ipe-issues/issues/260.

Cheers,
  Otfried


On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, at 21:00, Zhengdao Wang via Ipe-discuss wrote:
> I have encountered a problem with recent versions of Ipe (e.g., 
> current version 7.2.12) so that fonts are displaced on screen on the 
> GUI. See the following for an example of
> 
> http://renyi.ece.iastate.edu/hold/bad.jpg
> 
> If the .tex is recompiled (Ctrl+L), then some other characters may be 
> displaced (there is no apparent pattern).
> 
> The actual correct display can be seen in the PDF version, as follows:
> 
> http://renyi.ece.iastate.edu/hold/good.jpg
> 
> This is only a problem with the GUI (on Linux with 
> libfreetype.so=6-64, poppler 0.80.0, qt5-base 5.13.1). The problem 
> does not show up with the saved / rendered PDF files.
> 
> Any feedback on how to fix the problem will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Zhengdao
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