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title="NEW - [Freetype] Always allow font matching for strong aliases"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147057">147057</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>[Freetype] Always allow font matching for strong aliases
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<th>Product</th>
<td>WebKit
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<th>Version</th>
<td>528+ (Nightly build)
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>PC
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>Normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P2
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Text
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>webkit-unassigned@lists.webkit.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>mcatanzaro@igalia.com
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<pre>Currently in FontCache::createFontPlatformData we allow font family substitution only during the configuration step but not during the matching step. This results in us missing obvious metric-compatible font matches, resulting in subpar font selection. E.g. headings on slashdot.com use font-family: Arial, serif, (an obvious bug), so we render them in serif, but we should use Liberation Sans instead because of this strong ("same") binding in 30-metric-aliases.conf:
<!-- Microsoft -->
<alias binding="same">
<family>Arial</family>
<accept>
<family>Arimo</family>
<family>Liberation Sans</family>
<family>Albany</family>
<family>Albany AMT</family>
</accept>
</alias>
We should continue to disallow font substitution except for strong bindings.</pre>
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