Bug 278156

Summary: upgrading to 2.45: font hinting in gitlab has worsened especially around 't' letter
Product: WebKit Reporter: darkblaze69 <muziknavi>
Component: WebKitGTKAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: Normal CC: bugs-noreply, mcatanzaro, muziknavi, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2    
Version: Other   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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Description Flags
gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.45
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gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.44 none

darkblaze69
Reported 2024-08-15 01:36:46 PDT
Created attachment 472171 [details] gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.45 * Arch Linux * epiphany 47.beta * webkitgtk-6.0 2.45.6 * screen 1920x1080 100% Upgraded from 2.44.3 to 2.45.6: font hinting in gitlab has worsened especially around 't' letter. Downgrading to 2.44 has a better font hinting.
Attachments
gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.45 (3.57 KB, image/png)
2024-08-15 01:36 PDT, darkblaze69 		no flags
Details
gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.44 (5.32 KB, image/png)
2024-08-15 01:37 PDT, darkblaze69 		no flags
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darkblaze69
Comment 1 2024-08-15 01:37:23 PDT
Created attachment 472172 [details] gnome-system-monitor-webkit-2.44
darkblaze69
Comment 2 2024-08-15 01:48:08 PDT
Other letters affected: v, l
Michael Catanzaro
Comment 3 2024-08-15 07:13:16 PDT
That's because of the switch from cairo to skia.
darkblaze69
Comment 4 2024-10-25 07:20:45 PDT
I think in 2.46.2 it's hugely improved. So we can close this one?
Michael Catanzaro
Comment 5 2024-10-25 08:14:04 PDT
Yeah sure. The changes in 2.46.2 were: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/35413 https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/35358 There's one more relevant change that has not been included in 2.46: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/35360
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