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Status: Assigned
Owner:
bunge...@chromium.org
Cc:
derat@chromium.org
bunge...@chromium.org
drott@chromium.org
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OS: Linux
Pri: 3
Type: Bug



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Some fonts rendered much thinner than Chrome 59

Project Member Reported by laszio@chromium.org, Aug 18 2017 
Chrome Version       : 60
Other browsers tested: Chrome 59, Firefox

What steps will reproduce the problem?
Set the font to Cantarell. Source Code Pro suffers as well.

What is the expected result?
text rendered like Chrome 59 and Firefox

What happens instead?
text rendered much thinner than Chrome 59 and Firefox
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Comment 1 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017

Components: -Blink>Fonts Build

Comment 2 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017

Components: -Build Blink>Fonts

Comment 3 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017

Cc: drott@chromium.org derat@chromium.org
This looks like an intentional change. Drott/derat would either of you mind commenting?

Comment 4 by derat@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017

Cc: bunge...@chromium.org
Might be due to the FreeType change discussed at  issue 726631  (which will eventually affect pretty much all apps, as I understand it; Chrome is just at the forefront here).

Does exporting FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35" restore the old rendering style?

Comment 5 by laszio@chromium.org, Aug 21 2017 

@comment 4: No, it does not.

BTW, I'm using Version 60.0.3112.101 (Official Build) (64-bit).  Should I try with canary?

Comment 6 by apodt...@gmail.com, Aug 24 2017 

This could be a result of gamma correction being applied or not, with thinner appearance in the former case.

Comment 7 by e...@chromium.org, Aug 29 2017

Owner: bunge...@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Unconfirmed)
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