Bug 54599

Summary: a:hover fails with certain fonts
Product: WebKit Reporter: hrhlzhlqermt
Component: CSSAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: Normal CC: ap, mitz
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: Mac   
OS: OS X 10.6   
URL: http://tumbledry.org/bug/

Description hrhlzhlqermt 2011-02-16 17:13:00 PST
Using Hoefler Text, WebKit fails to change the color of the entirety of the letterform. The portions outside the box (which is simply the background of the a tag) do not change color when the link is hovered.

Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H574
Safari 5.0.3 (6533.19.4)
True Type Hoefler Text; 6.1d7e1; 2009-09-21 (came with OS X)

More at the link provided.

Thank you!
Comment 1 Alexey Proskuryakov 2011-02-17 10:58:38 PST
Duplicate of bug 6274?
Comment 2 mitz 2011-02-17 13:07:58 PST
Yes. As a workaround, you may specify "text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" This has a performance impact, though.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6274 ***
Comment 3 hrhlzhlqermt 2011-02-17 15:21:48 PST
Apologies for the duplicate; I was missing the keyword "repaint" during my search.
Thank you for your prompt response.