NEW 36182
fillText() function on <canvas> does not antialias small monospace text 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36182
Summary fillText() function on <canvas> does not antialias small monospace text
Tom Preston-Werner
Reported 2010-03-16 12:33:36 PDT
Overview: Small monospace typefaces are rendered without antialiasing while other typefaces (serif, sans-serif) are antialiased at all sizes. This problem exhibits in Safari 4.0.3 and Chrome 5.0.342.3 dev. Firefox 3.5 renders the text with antialiasing as expected. See http://tom.preston-werner.com/random/canvas_rotated_textfill.html for a live demo. Steps to reproduce: Set ctx.font to a monospace typeface at a size of 10px or 7.5pt or smaller and use ctx.fillText() to write some text to the canvas. Actual results: The rendered text is not antialiased. Expected results: The rendered text should be properly aliased.
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Tim Horton
Comment 1 2011-07-29 17:02:52 PDT
<rdar://problem/9560516>
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 2 2011-07-29 22:15:20 PDT
Duplicate of bug 4842?
Tim Horton
Comment 3 2011-07-29 22:17:32 PDT
(In reply to comment #2) > Duplicate of bug 4842? Actually, the test case in 4842 looks fine to me... unquestionably all AA'd. Am I missing something there?
Tim Horton
Comment 4 2011-07-29 23:02:15 PDT
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Duplicate of bug 4842? > > Actually, the test case in 4842 looks fine to me... unquestionably all AA'd. Am I missing something there? Comments in 4842 about why I don't think they're the same bug even though I'm incapable of reading instructions.
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