[wpe-2.46] font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1 doesn't work #1644
Description
With WebKit 2.46 ligatures doesn't work correctly. This should replace some well known text like "close" with an icon (X):
<span class="material-symbols-outlined loaded">close</span>
.material-symbols-outlined {
font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1;
}
As a result you should see close icon rather than "close" text
It used to work well with 2.38 but doesn't work with webkit 2.46 and is a regression from 8685aa2 that was fixing #1516
This part to be precise: #if 0 && !USE(FONT_VARIANT_VIA_FEATURES) && !USE(FREETYPE)
Unfortunately, reverting that brings the text rendering performance problem back. It's visible with https://ytlr-cert.appspot.com/latest/main.html but also text page attached in #1516
Here is full test page:
test.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./templates.css">
</head>
<body>
<span class="material-symbols-outlined loaded">close</span>
</body>
</html>
templates.css:
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@48,400,0,0&icon_names=arrow_back,close,navigate_next,radio_button_checked,radio_button_unchecked&display=fallback);
.material-symbols-outlined {
font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1;
}
body {
background-color: white;
margin: 0;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center; /* centers horizontally */
}