[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 82889] WebKitGtk 1.8.0 doesn't follow system/gtk font settings

Wed Apr 11 07:52:57 PDT 2012

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82889

Martin Robinson <mrobinson at webkit.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #3 from Martin Robinson <mrobinson at webkit.org>  2012-04-11 07:52:57 PST ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> My idea was that if this is WebKitGTK, then it should follow gtk's font settings, thus also WebKitGTK will follow look & feel of other gtk+ applications. Hinting makes a large difference, noticeable on the first look.

In the end, the choice to follow the Fontconfig settings or the XSettings settings is somewhat arbitrary. In this case, we've chosen to take the route that gives the user more control. XSettings does not allow you to hint some fonts and not others. Not only that, we try to do the same thing as Chromium here.

If you simply update your Fontconfig settings to disable hinting everywhere, I think you'll find fonts are to your liking. You'll also fix all applications that obey Fontconfig over XSettings.

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