Bug 16862 - [GTK] Custom fonts hard-coded to use grayscale antialiasing and no hinting
Summary: [GTK] Custom fonts hard-coded to use grayscale antialiasing and no hinting
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKitGTK (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: All All
: P2 Minor
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: Cairo, Gtk
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Reported: 2008-01-13 12:03 PST by Alp Toker
Modified: 2008-09-09 21:08 PDT (History)
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Description Alp Toker 2008-01-13 12:03:21 PST 
The fix to bug #16089 forces grayscale antialiasing and disables hinting for custom downloaded fonts to provide a consistent look.

It was pointed out that grayscale antialiasing may look out of place if the platform is using subpixel antialiasing for other text.

It may even be the case that we want to just use the platform font options rather than enforcing a single look and feel, though this may result in inconsistent metrics across platforms which removes some of the appeal of custom fonts.

does anyone have thoughts on whether/how we should fix this?
Comment 1 Alp Toker 2008-09-09 21:08:14 PDT 
Fixed in r36309.