microsoft/Terminal

Atlas Engine fails to colour a character at certain text sizes

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#16,585 opened on Jan 21, 2024

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.18.3181.0

Windows build number

10.0.22631.0

Other Software

starship 1.17.1

Steps to reproduce

Attempt with AtlasEngine text renderer set to off and you should notice that it no longer fails to colour the character.

Expected Behavior

Arrow should stay green.

Actual Behavior

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/98427312/8f2fee76-2491-4568-89a2-dd875e4d7ab8

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate how the AtlasEngine renders colored characters at various font sizes; trace the pipeline from text parsing to pixel output.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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30