Closed Bug 1909 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Incorrect font size rendering

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: GFX, defect, P2)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
GFX
Platform:
x86
Windows NT
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 2411

People

(Reporter: fahrner, Assigned: peterl-retired)

References

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URL
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Details

All builds of NGLayout I have seen render "10px"-sized fonts at 9px, and "9px"
at 8px. For most fonts, 9px is the smallest size that can be rendered without
serious munging, so 9px is a handy value for space-critical designs.
Unfortunately, NGLayout (as well as all versions of Nav/Comm 4.x) render 9px at
the illegible 8px.

The "reference rendering" shows the correct rasterization. You can also use IE
as a guide; it gets it right. This is a big deal for interoperabi
Assignee: michaelp → peterl
i'm not sure that this is necessarily a bug. it may be a need for compatibility
with previous versions of the navigator. peter's the expert here...
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
This is actually due to us emulating a font size bug in Nav. Since this was
scheduled to be fixed in 5.0, I fixed it.
URL: http://style.verso.com/boxacidtest/vd/ → http://style.verso.com/fontsize.html
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
9px still renders at 8px; 10px at 9px, etc. This is apparent in the 19 January
build - 5 days after Peter said "I fixed it". The URL above provides more
specific tests and commentar
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Setting all current Open/Normal to M4.
per leger, assigning QA contacts to all open bugs without QA contacts according
to list at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Browser
QA Contact: 4110 → 4130
Reassigning qa contact to claudius@netscape.com
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago → 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
I'm marking this bug as a duplicate of 2411. Although this was the original I believe the issue is being handled and tracked
properly there.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2411 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
*** Bug 53854 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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