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+## Use this template for filing a defect report. For feature requests and other matters, you can use part of the template and delete what you don't need.
+## Title (should be brief but contain essential information -- delete this line once Title is added)
+
+## Font name (full name, e.g. NotoSansArmenian-regular.ttf). You can upload the problem font here unless it is a Chinese, Japanese or Korean font.
+
+## Where you downloaded the font file and when, e.g.
+
+Site: https://noto-website-2.storage.googleapis.com/pkgs/NotoSansArmenian-hinted.zip
+Date: 2017-04-10 (preferred format)
+Note: Write the OS version and build ID if the font is pre-installed on an OS (usually available in the Settings apps)
+
+## Version info (or OS version and build if the font is pre-installed in a build)
+
+Mac - right mouse click on a font and try Preview to see version info
+Win -- right mouse click on a font (Local Disc > Windows > Fonts) and see version info on Properties
+Linux -- use (Gnome) Font Viewer: open a font and click on Info tab
+
+## Your OS name and version
+
+## Application name (and version if know)  if an issue is observed on a specific app
+
+## Issue summary (if you are filing a defect report)
+
+(Summarize the issue briefly -- one paragraph preferred.)
+
+  # include reproduction steps: Step 1. …, Step 2. …, etc.
+  # Observed results
+  # Expected results
+  # Other relevant information (Unicode chart, technical specs, shaping info, comparison with non-Noto fonts, comparison with earlier version of the same font (regression cases)
+
+## Include real characters data to illustrate your issue -- Unicode codepoints are helpful
+Developers who might not know the language/script can copy/paste the text to reproduce the issue.
+
+## Include a screenshot or an image illustrating the issue -- added annotations are very helpful
+
+  # You can use use tools like Harbuzz (shaping characters) to help isolate if an issue is in an app/OS, shaping engine or in the font.  
+  # You can use Fontview to attach an screenshot how a sample text displays. If you want to show how 2 versions of the same fonts differ in display of the same text, you can use Fontdiff.
+
+Note: These tools are all available at: https://github.com/googlei18n/