Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

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).
> 
> Screenshot of the difference: http://fruple.com/kemper/font_sizes.png

I see. Yes, it renders bigger than it should be.
 
> Iceweasel (3.5.5, but same behavior with 3.0.14) on the left, google
> chrome on the right: the usual appearence I always had is the one shown
> now in chrome. Epiphany looks the same as Iceweasel (they use the same
> engine maybe?). This is driving me crazy, any idea on what caused this?
> 
> 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 bit bigger?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón