Ticket #12057: italic-pad.patch

mythtv/libs/libmythtv/subtitlescreen.cpp

@@ -711 +711 @@
     textRect = QRect(x + x_adjust, y,
                      chunk_sz.width() - x_adjust + rightPadding, height);
 
+    // If this chunk is in italics, add a few pixels to the width.
+    // This is to compensate for some font/char combos that would otherwise
+    // have the top right corner of the last char clipped.
+    // The effect can be seen with Droid Sans Mono and certain upper case chars
+    // like E or W.
+    // But don't add this padding to the next chunk's x coordinate.
+    // That would add too much spacing between chunks.
+    if (m_format.italics)
+    {
+        int oldWidth = textRect.width();
+        textRect.setWidth(oldWidth + font.averageCharWidth() / 2);
+        LOG(VB_VBI, LOG_DEBUG,
+            QString("Pad for italics width %1 -> %2")
+            .arg(oldWidth).arg(textRect.width()));
+    }
+
     // Make sure width is non-zero
     if (textRect.width() == 0)
     {