On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 20:21, joshua stein wrote: > On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 at 16:39:34 +0000, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >> If you can reproduce it, I wonder if it only happens with downloaded >> fonts. gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled may test that?
I see it (and can reproduce most easily) on websites that don't even change the default font or size. just <html>wall of text</html>. The fonts I have installed: ghostscript-fonts-8.11p2 35 standard PostScript fonts with Adobe name aliases terminus-font-4.38 fixed width fonts especially for long hacking sessions ubuntu-fonts-0.80p0 unicode sans-serif/monospace TrueType fonts from Ubuntu I don't think firefox uses any of them over the default installed fonts however. > Since Ted reported it happening in Chrome as well, I figured it > might be a Freetype issue. I tried reverting Freetype to 2.4.8 > (-D2012-01-01 in CVS) but it made no difference in Firefox 19.0.2. > I installed Chrome and can't seem to reproduce the issue with either > Freetype, but I didn't use it for very long. On reflection, what I was seeing in chrome was something else. I use chrome less frequently, and remembered seeing some very similar artifacts, but going back to check, chrome just draws certain characters (!, *, <>) extra heavy. It's always consistent about it, so I don't think it's a bug. When I wrote my email about firefox, I mentally merged the issues.
