[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 58079] New: Show precise information about the font actually used for rendering

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58079

           Summary: Show precise information about the font actually used
                    for rendering
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: lars.sonchocky-helldorf at hamburg.de


The Web Inspector currently shows under Elements > Computed Style which CSS rule was chosen to render a certain part of text like this:

font-family: Cantarell, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif;
body - Cantarell, "Droid Sans", sans-serif

However, this information might not be sufficient to determine which font was actually used for rendering, especially if the font is not identifiable by glance.

In my example I am sufficiently sure that I don't have installed Cantarell or "Droid Sans" on my system so it is likely what I have selected as preference for sans-serif. So it should be Lucida Grande But when I copy-paste some text from http://www.gnome3.org/ to let's say TextEdit it appears there as Times. Even if I switch the font in TextEdit to Lucida Grande and compare the result to what I see on http://www.gnome3.org/ it looks different. So I tried to find out if said site uses webfonts or the like (doesn't seem so at glance) but all that digging wouldn't be necessary if the Web Inspector would show the actual font used for rendering right away.

thanks for your patience,

Lars

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