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It's annoying that the MetricsView creates glyphs if you type one that doesn't exist, and it shouldn't do that #4655

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  • Open a font like Noto Serif Malayalam which doesn't have Latin a-Z
  • Compact encoding
  • Pop a MetricsView
  • Type "test"
  • See creation of glyphs named glyph357 etc

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  1. iorsh commented on Nov 21, 2025

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    The HarfBuzz backend for Metrics View uses .notdef for all missing characters. The legacy built-in shaper shows the missing glyphs, but doesn't actually create them anymore. Fixed in #5522

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