100209 - bold text is not only bold, but also larger

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout, defect, P4)

Description

[Helge Hielscher]

The bold text is not only displayed bold, but also larger than normal text.
I am using Mandrake Linux with Mozilla 0.9.4-1 from Cooker.
In Netscape 3<=version<6 the page looked alright.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

"font sizes are wrong?" I concur! Down with font sizes!

Comment 2

[Marc Attinasi]

Looks OK to me. The parts that reads:

'Was das deutsche Bienenmuseum für Kinder alles bietet'

and

'Deutsches Bienenmuseum Weimar'

are actually in a heading tag <H3> and it is a little bit bigger than Nav's <H3>. 

The bold text:

'Für Kinder von 3 bis 10 Jahren'

looks the same size as Nav 4.76 to me. 

Which part of the page, specifically, do you think is incorrect?

Comment 3

[Helge Hielscher]

Attachment: Für KInder von 3 bis 10 Jahren ...

Comment 4

[Marc Attinasi]

Must be linux-specific. Updating summary to be more specific.

Comment 5

[Marc Attinasi]

OK, I see it on Linux. Interestingly, the 12pt Adobe Times font I am using looks
larger than the same font in Nav 4.7, but in both apps (Mozilla and Nav) the
BOLD looks slightly larger.

Confirming but moving out. If there is an X-font hacker who can dig into this,
that would be great.

Comment 6

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Is this still a problem?  The page looks fine to me (the bold font is bold, but
not larger).

Comment 7

[Helge Hielscher]

In most zoom levels the problem is gone, but at 100% the "Mittellänge" is wrong
by 1 pixel, but that looks like a problem with hinting.

-->please close the bug

Comment 8

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

ok.