Python script to reproduce the missbehaviour

freetype.py (text/plain), 319 bytes, created by Andre Kuehne on 2005-04-14 12:55:18 UTC

#!/usr/bin/python

import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

fontPath = "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/verdana.ttf"
fontSize = 15
text = "efghijkOPQR{}[]!_()"

fnt=ImageFont.truetype(fontPath, fontSize)
image = Image.new("1",(200,40))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
draw.text((0,0), text, font=fnt, fill=1)
image.save('text.png')