Re: Different font rendering in Iceweasel and Google Chrome
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
> > 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?
Openoffice writer renders Verdana 10 just like Iceweasel (assuming its
10 point size setting is the same as CSS 10pt). So does Abiword, but I'm
not sure it's a significant comparison.
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