1451266 - The space between letters is too small on some font from https://www.axis-praxis.org/specimens/amstelvar

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

Description

[roxleitan]

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[Affected versions]:
Nightly 61.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
Ubuntu 16.04 x64

[Prerequisites]:
Set pref gfx.downloadable_fonts.otl_validation = false

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Nightly 61.0a1 with a new profile
2.Open https://www.axis-praxis.org/specimens/amstelvar

[Expected result]:
The space between letters should be consistent.(as in Chrome) 

[Actual result]:
The space between letters is too small on some font (please see the attached screenshot)

Comment 1

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

I believe this is a symptom of the old FreeType version installed on Ubuntu 16.04. I am intending to disable variation-font support on such old versions, because of issues like this and bug 1450057.

Because of this, could we move Linux testing to a newer distro? Or (perhaps simpler) install an updated FreeType library -- see http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/06/install-freetype-2-8-in-ubuntu-16-04-17-04/.

Comment 2

[roxleitan]

I could not reproduce the issue on Ubuntu 16.04 x64 using the latest Nightly 61.0a1 with FreeType version 2.8.1.

I will close this bug as Resolved WFM.