#1124103 fonts-freefont-ttf: Ligatures involving the lowercase letter F don't activate in the FreeSans Bold Oblique style

#1124103#5
Date:
2025-12-27 20:53:51 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

In the fonts-freefont-ttf package (20211204+svn4273-4), in the Bold Oblique
FreeSans font file only, ligatures tied to the lowercase letter F don't
activate when typed (examples: fi, fl, ff, etc). This is not an issue in the
other styles for FreeSans (Regular, Bold, and Regular Oblique).

I also tested with 20211204+svn4273-2 package on Debian Stable. The bug was
present in that package as well.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a program that supports ligatures.
2. Type "fl", "fi", "ff" into the program.
3. Change the font to FreeSans Bold Oblique in the program.

Expected result:

The font should use ligatures for fl, fi, ff, etc.

Actual result:

The ligatures programmed in the font tied to the lowercase F don't activate. If
you change to the other font styles (regular, oblique, or bold), the ligatures
work.

This bug also affects the fonts-freefont-otf_20211204+svn4273-4 package.