[JetBrains, IntelliJ, Java renderer] @ sign breaks in javadoc tags like {@link hello} in IntelliJ IDEA

[jevring]

The @ sign by itself works fine, and in any code and string literals, it works fine. This could be an issue with IntelliJ IDEA, but it seems to work fine for other fonts. I have included a sample image.

[jdhoek]

I have just installed Hack, but I cannot reproduce this in IntelliJ IDEA (Ubuntu Linux 15.04); {@link hello} works as expected.

Perhaps you could add some details such as your operating system?

[jevring]

Sure, I'm using Windows 7, IDEA 14.1.4.
It's anything defined as a @tag, so things like @author and any custom tags also get this behavior. In my style, which is the default, these tags are underlined. It could be that @ with an underline changes to this other character seen in the image.

[aGustafsson]

I have the same issue (Windows 8.1, PhpStorm 9.0.2). Happens for bold oblique @ character.

[chrissimpkins]

Checking the JetBrains issue reporting forums for similar reports. This is the third rendering issue that has been reported so far in JetBrains editors. It's not clear to me where the problem lies. I will post new issue reports there if I don't come up with any existing information.

Updates to follow.

[eXtreme]

Having the same problem, Windows 10, IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.4, TTF hack font.

Even more bizzare stuff happens when I installed OTF version:

Just to add my observation, I have "show whitespace" option enabled (means spaces are represented with barely visible dots - not in the case above :)).

[chrissimpkins]

@jevring here is the same block with the ttf files in WebStorm on OS X (10.10.5) that (to my knowledge) uses the same Java renderer as IntelliJ:

On OS X the JetBrains editors render their own oblique for many (but apparently not all) fonts with too much slant. This is a known issue on the OS X platform and they have received reports about it.

Your issue seems to be Windows specific based upon your report and the one by @eXtreme. I've confirmed that the same text block renders with only the large slant issues in PyCharm on OS X as well.

[chrissimpkins]

@eXtreme Do you mind adding the actual text that you used in that screenshot as a codeblock? I'd like to see what glyphs are involved.

[eXtreme]

@chrissimpkins well it is nothing out of ordinary:

/**
 */
class ApplicationController implements ClassResourceInterface
{
    /** @var EventDispatcherInterface */
    protected $eventDispatcher;
    /** @var ApplicationManager */
    protected $applicationManager;
    /** @var CommandBus */
    protected $commandBus;
    /** @var RouterInterface */
    protected $router;

    public function __construct(
        EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher,
        ApplicationManager $applicationManager,
        CommandBus $commandBus,
        RouterInterface $router
    )
    {
        $this->eventDispatcher = $eventDispatcher;
        $this->applicationManager = $applicationManager;
        $this->commandBus = $commandBus;
        $this->router = $router;
    }

it's just spaces.

And this is how it looks with "Consolas" font:

you can see these little dots where spaces are. I have no idea what glpyhs Idea uses for these dots.

[chrissimpkins]

Will you please give these new builds a try (v2.012)? I've updated the name tables and adjusted the font names based upon what is currently recommended for cross-platform support. Let's see if this addresses this issue.

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BoldItalic

[jevring]

Now everything looks good. Thanks! =)

[chrissimpkins]

excellent!

[chrissimpkins]

Thanks for the issue report and for your testing to implement this fix. It is now live in release v2.013.