Chromium should support bitmap fonts (for Atom, VS code, etc.)
Reported by
broken.z...@gmail.com,
Mar 26 2017
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Issue description
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Example URL:
Steps to reproduce the problem:
Webpage:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font-family: "xos4 Terminus", "Terminus";
}
</style>
Hello world
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
What is the expected behavior?
What went wrong?
Firefox shows correct font. Chromium doesn't.
Does it occur on multiple sites: Yes
Is it a problem with a plugin? No
Did this work before? N/A
Does this work in other browsers? Yes
Chrome version: 57.0.2987.110 (Developer Build) (64-bit) Channel: dev
OS Version:
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 24.0 r0
Although bitmap is rarely used on website, it is still popular among programming community. Supporting bitmap font is an important feature for Electron-based editors such as Atom and VS code.
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Mar 27 2017
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Mar 27 2017
We have no intention of adding support for bitmap fonts as they scale terribly and doesn't work across the full spectrum of devices and screens that are commonly used. Even on desktop bitmap fonts are no longer a good option as most new devices have hidpi screens. |
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Comment 1 by tkent@chromium.org
, Mar 26 2017