[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 12633] Problem rendering bold font...

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12633





------- Comment #15 from ddkilzer at webkit.org  2007-02-07 03:47 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #14)
> No, as said above :
> "One found in Users/me/Library/Fonts
> One in HD/Library/Fonts
> And one on another HD (inside the MacOs 9 System Folder/Fonts)."
> 
> For whatever reason, I found the OS 9 font activated this morning, and the
> bug...Arg!
> So I deactivated it again and removed it from its OS 9 system folder. The bug
> disapeared instantly, even without a reboot.

Weird!  Is the OS 9 font folder somehow set up in the "font search path" for OS
X (assuming there is such a thing)?

> Now, about the geneva thing, have a look at this :
> <p style="font-family:geneva,verdana,arial">I uppercase normal <b>I uppercase
> bold</b></p>
> 
> Webkit correctly uses the geneva font to render the text. The bold part is a
> bit ugly though.
> Now, Safari with the regular webkit renders the "normal" part in geneva but
> clearly uses verdana to render the bold part. If I remove verdana from the
> stylsheet, it will use arial, skipping geneva in all cases...Why?
> From my point of view, this explains the overall sharper rendering in Safari
> over webkit when using sans-serif bold fonts.

I don't see the Verdana font in bold with the above example.  Do you have a
copy of Geneva in the OS 9 folder as well?  If so, perhaps removing that font
from that folder will fix this issue as well.

BTW, this tool is really handy for viewing HTML snippets and changing them
live:

http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/


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