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Status: Fixed
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Closed: Aug 26
Cc:
behdad@chromium.org
bunge...@chromium.org
js...@chromium.org
e...@chromium.org
drott@chromium.org
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OS: Linux , Chrome
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Type: Bug



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Repeated Arial/Arimo 'f' characters are ugly due to subpixel positioning

Project Member Reported by derat@chromium.org, Aug 1 2016 
Google Chrome	52.0.2743.82 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Due to subpixel positioning, repeated 'f' characters often look terrible with both Arial and (metric-compatible) Arimo at the 12.8px size that Gmail uses.

See http://plexode.com/eval3/#s=aekVQXANJVQMbAx2QTk0fPU8BAZVGQkWZm5ydeKKkpARVRllVAVyaqKiJDkdCTkpNWhsBCEJTSkJNCA29VEJPVA5URsBHCByxspy0irwSEw8ZUVnRo6he0pwdEKbS5Emfoedxp6QdcgFKRR49A6ut9h9QR0dKIjBJoBfj+gDCgb9f8BhEFhcEhUHh8GgUSh0JicMiEUi8WhrCchydzkdqadBVS4fAZeAA -- the problem comes and goes depending on how the vertical strokes get snapped to pixels.

This happens both with strong hinting settings and the light hinting that Chrome OS uses. 'ffffffffffffff' looks particularly bad. Interestingly, 'lllllllllll' and 'tttttttttttt' look okay.

This has been ugly for a long time and I'm not sure if there's anything we can do about it.
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Comment 1 by drott@chromium.org, Aug 4 2016

Cc: behdad@chromium.org
Behdad@, any suggestions what would be the right approach to address this?

Comment 2 by derat@chromium.org, Aug 4 2016 

(Just to mention it, not a problem on high-DPI displays.)
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Comment 3 by behdad@chromium.org, Aug 5 2016 

We first need to understand what's going on.  With subpixel positioning we must use light hinting.  Looks like we are doing something else.  Also, check to see if there are any ligatures involved?

Comment 4 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 10 2016

Status: Available (was: Untriaged)
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Comment 5 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Aug 11 2017

Labels: Hotlist-Recharge-Cold
Status: Untriaged (was: Available)
This issue has been Available for over a year. If it's no longer important or seems unlikely to be fixed, please consider closing it out. If it is important, please re-triage the issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience if the bug really should have been left as Available. If you change it back, also remove the "Hotlist-Recharge-Cold" label.

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Comment 6 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 14 2017

Status: Available (was: Untriaged)

Comment 7 by drott@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017

Cc: bunge...@chromium.org
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Comment 8 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Aug 21

Status: Untriaged (was: Available)
This issue has been Available for over a year. If it's no longer important or seems unlikely to be fixed, please consider closing it out. If it is important, please re-triage the issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience if the bug really should have been left as Available.

For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot

Comment 9 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 26

Status: Fixed (was: Untriaged)
Unable to reproduce on stable.
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