Re: On bug#27641: an editor should use the indic font when indic typing is being done

[समीर सिंह Sameer Singh]

Bernhard Kölbl <[e-mail]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I think the correct solution very much depends on what API is being
> used to draw the text.
>
> Also, the fallbacks are defined in this table, iirc.
> https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/blob/master/dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10...

I see that in dwrite, the Noto family of fonts are defined as fallbacks:
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/blob/master/dlls/dwrite/analyzer.c?ref...

Using the same fonts for the uniscribe fallback in the table you linked
above would solve the problem, without needing to mess around with
registry editing stuff. _But_ is there a reason that these specific
microsoft fonts were used here? Or no one just got around to update the
table?
> --
> Bernhard
>
> Am So., 5. Apr. 2026 um 13:05 Uhr schrieb समीर सिंह Sameer Singh via
> Wine-Devel <[e-mail]>:
> > Hi,
> > I can still reproduce this issue on the latest master at the time of
> > writing this.
> >
> > For example open: wine notepad and type something like:
> > देवनागरी
> > Instead of the program falling back to an appropriate font, "tofu"
> > blocks are shown instead.
> >
> > Now, in ./dlls/gdi32/uniscribe/usp10.c I can see a function named:
> > "find_fallback_font" which looks for a fallback font under
> > Software\Wine\Uniscribe\Fallback in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. But I did not
> > find this entry populated at all.
> >
> > My solution is: Define a table which has a representative char for each
> > script, now when a new wine environment is being created, query the
> > system using FontConfig to find fonts which contains the representative
> > chars and then populate the registry entry.
> >
> > How does this sound? I have a rough working version right now, should I
> > send a patch or is something missing in my current approach?
> >
> > --
> > समीरसिंह

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समीरसिंह