111800 - [mach] Small text is pixelated

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)

Description

[Jeff Hume]

I noticed on the mach-o OS X build that when text on a webpage is very small it
is rendered incorrectly. It appears pixelated. For an example that I found look
at http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn under "News in Breif" or "Commentary" on the side.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

Reporter, attach a screenshot exhibiting the problem.

Comment 2

[Jeff Hume]

Attachment: Screenshot of problem

This attachment shows the problem I am experiencing. This is the side of the
page on zdnet.com/zdnn viewed in the mach-o build that was released on the
n.p.m.macosx.

Comment 3

[Greg K.]

Hm, it's as though the antialiasing is failing somehow.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->layout

Comment 5

[Chris Petersen]

Confirming this issue in the Mach -O (11/21) only build. A style sheet is
applied to this text.

.v1{ font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana, geneva, helvetica; }

Comment 6

[Chris Petersen]

After looking at the page again, I see a IE css stylesheet is applied first. The
css rule applied is using xx-small for font size.

.v1 { font-size: xx-small;
      font-family: verdana, geneva, helvetica; }

Comment 7

[Chris Petersen]

Attachment: xx-small font size applied

The text appears to very pixelated when xx-small font size is applied.

Comment 8

[Frankie]

14 months later... no jaggies here. I see smooth antialiasing, just ike
everything in OSX 10.2 

Unless someone still using 10.1 or lower has objections, this should be resolved
fixed.

Comment 9

[Frankie]

default text looks cocoa smooth, and still isn't jaggy even with smoothing
turned off.