Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Matteo Riva
Quoting Chris Jones: > Actually my first reaction to your initial post was thi s: > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html > > But, it looks like I was barking the wrong tree since you later wrote > that this affected all .ttf's. I'm fine with verdana being that different, my

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 05:37:23AM EST, Matteo Riva wrote: > I don't know, it looks like verdana to me, but the main point is that a > 9pt and 11pt they display as expected and there are no differences > between the two browsers. Also, the same problem at 10pt happens with > other fonts. Underst

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:58:28 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > Quoting Camaleón: (...) >> [x] Allow pages to select their own font face, instead the above >> selection > > Well this last line is all that's needed, style sheets will override > whatever font I pick. Yes. That option checked means the

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Matteo Riva
Quoting Camaleón: > - What are your fonts settings in Iceweasel? > > Here is what I have: > > *** > Occidental (iso-8859-1) > Proportional font: San serif > Serif: Times News Roman / point: 16 > Sans-serif: Arial > Monospace: Courier-new / point: 13 > Smallest font size: none > [x] Allow pages to

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Matteo Riva
Quoting Chris Jones: > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:58:50PM EST, Matteo Riva wrote: > > Fresh squeeze install, I have this very annoying change in font > > rendering in Iceweasel -- specifically what looks ugly is Verdana 10pt, > > it just got little bigger than my "old" testing install (not updated

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-23 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:58:50PM EST, Matteo Riva wrote: > Fresh squeeze install, I have this very annoying change in font > rendering in Iceweasel -- specifically what looks ugly is Verdana 10pt, > it just got little bigger than my "old" testing install (not updated for > since september I think

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:47:27 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > Quoting Camaleón: >> That's an important point. >> >> Are all the fonts rendering bigger than they should or just happens >> with Verdana? If only one font is rendering badly, it is also possible >> that the file is corrupted in some way. >

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Matteo Riva
Quoting Camaleón: > That's an important point. > > Are all the fonts rendering bigger than they should or just happens with > Verdana? If only one font is rendering badly, it is also possible that > the file is corrupted in some way. Well, so far I found that the problem happens only with true

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:20:10 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: (...) >> At least under Lenny (in Gnome desktop) the default dpi was (wrongly) >> setup at 86 dpi and I had to change it to 96 so all fonts look at their >> right size. >> >> I'm also using TrueType fonts, mostly the MS ones (Arial, Verdana,

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Matteo Riva
> I asked because if this behavior is reproducible "system-wide" (that is, > if almost any application renders Verdana 10pt a bit bigger than it > should) it could be related to your screen dpi size. > > At least under Lenny (in Gnome desktop) the default dpi was (wrongly) > setup at 86 dpi and

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:00:25 +0100, teoss wrote: (...) >> > I verified it's not related to a specific profile, as it's the same >> > on a new freshly created user. >> >> Does this happens in all applications? I mean, does OOo writer renders >> verdana 10pt at the right size or also renders it a

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread teoss
Quoting Camaleón: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:58:50 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > > > Fresh squeeze install, I have this very annoying change in font > > rendering in Iceweasel -- specifically what looks ugly is Verdana 10pt, > > it just got little bigger than my "old" testing install (not updated for

Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:58:50 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > Fresh squeeze install, I have this very annoying change in font > rendering in Iceweasel -- specifically what looks ugly is Verdana 10pt, > it just got little bigger than my "old" testing install (not updated for > since september I think).

Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

2009-11-22 Thread Matteo Riva
Fresh squeeze install, I have this very annoying change in font rendering in Iceweasel -- specifically what looks ugly is Verdana 10pt, it just got little bigger than my "old" testing install (not updated for since september I think). Screenshot of the difference: http://fruple.com/kemper/font_siz