Bug 117253

Summary: text color change on :hover does not cover the whole letter in some cases
Product: WebKit Reporter: a.mueller
Component: CSSAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: Mac   
OS: OS X 10.8   
URL: http://jsfiddle.net/rh6uW/

Description a.mueller 2013-06-05 07:01:10 PDT 
This applies only on Mac OS versions of safari and chrome.

this example: http://jsfiddle.net/rh6uW/

Markup:
<a>aaagggjjjyyyppppqqqxxx</a>

CSS:
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tinos);

a { 
  font-family: Tinos, serif;
  font-size: 25px;
  color: black;
}

a:hover{
  color: red;
}

when you hover over the link, letters with a descender do not turn red completely. I attached a screenshot
Comment 1 Alexey Proskuryakov 2013-06-06 15:34:52 PDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6274 ***