switch from NFKC to NFC normalization form in the lettering tool (#3828)

* switch from NFKC to NFC

* Additional normalization.

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Co-authored-by: CapellanCitizen <>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/lettering/font.py b/lib/lettering/font.py
index d1ed6154..5ae6743a 100644
--- a/lib/lettering/font.py
+++ b/lib/lettering/font.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from copy import deepcopy
 from random import randint
+import unicodedata
 
 import inkex
 
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ class Font(object):
         """Render text into an SVG group element."""
         self._load_variants()
 
+        # Normalize the text in the same way that glyph names are normalized (NFC)
+        text = unicodedata.normalize('NFC', text)
+
         if variant is None:
             variant = self.default_variant