[cairo] Fwd: Cairo 1.14 error on OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite

[suzuki toshiya]

Thanks!

I will try to reproduce the issue.

Regards,
mpsuzuki

Daven Quinn wrote:
> OK will do.
> 
> If you want to give this a shot, the svg is attached...
> 
> Daven
> 
> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 9:35 PM, suzuki toshiya <mpsuzuki at hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Although I've not tested for the reproduction of the issue,
>> the problem you reported reminds me a regression in 1.14.2
>> which is resolved in the latest git head (fixed on 2015-04-24).
>> The discussion is here (see the message posted on 2015-03-16,
>> from Inkscape developer).
>>         https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84324
>> Unfortunately, there are no screenshots, I don't know how
>> the regression appear on the Inkscape.
>>
>> Could you try the latest git head to assure if it is yet
>> another regression?
>>
>> Regards,
>> mpsuzuki
>>
>>
>>
>> suzuki toshiya wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Because there was a discussion whether an obsolete Mac OS X
>>> function to extract an outline data from a glyph in font
>>> should be kept (to support legacy platform) or replaced by
>>> newer function (for better maintenancability), I'm much
>>> interested in this issue (although my hands are very slow).
>>> I want to try to reproduce the problem. Could you post the
>>> SVG that you used?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> mpsuzuki
>>>
>>> Daven Quinn wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I recently upgraded to Cairo 1.14.2 (installed via Homebrew) on my Mac
>>>> OS X
>>>> (latest) system. I am using it via CairoSVG to create PDF graphics. The
>>>> upgrade broke the glyph rendering of CairoSVG, resulting in grossly
>>>> too-large font glyphs (with the same baseline/spacing as prior, leading
>>>> to
>>>> compressed text). I have tried building from source and relinking. An
>>>> example of the output is shown below.
>>>>
>>>> Downgrading to cairo 1.12.16 fixes the issue (see attached), although the
>>>> following warning is raised (which does not appear in 1.14):
>>>>
>>>> May  4 18:37:47 Daven-Quinn python2.7[993] <Error>: The function
>>>> ‘CGFontGetGlyphPaths’ is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming
>>>> update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using
>>>> this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall
>>>> degradation of system performance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any insights on a possible fix?
>>>>
>>>> Daven
>>>>
>>>> note: I tried sending with the below-linked files as attachments, but it
>>>> was over the 150 kB (!) limit for message size, so I'm not sure if the
>>>> email got through. A graphics library should accept issues in graphical
>>>> form! It seems like source-control should be migrated to a newer platform
>>>> to ease community contributions.
>>>>
>>>> ​
>>>>  cairo-1.14.pdf
>>>> <
>>>> https://docs.google.com/a/davenquinn.com/file/d/0BzFTyjxorIWAZ042NUJzVGNEZl8waktVRXpZRWZLaVZuVEJN/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>>>
>>>> ​​
>>>>  cairo-1.12.pdf
>>>> <
>>>> https://docs.google.com/a/davenquinn.com/file/d/0BzFTyjxorIWAYnExd2JfQWU3ZzZSdjBDU3VDa21WOExfOC0w/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>>>
>>>> ​
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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