Firefox 3.6.10 - font mayhem

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Which program triggers the problem? Specify the filename if possible.
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start Firefox
2. Look at the screen!
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect nice font smoothing. Instead, I see dead people.

What version of gdipp (including renderer)? On which operating system?
gdipp 0.9.1
Windows 7 x64

Please provide any additional information below. Screenshots always help.
Please see attached screenshot.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by seandy...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 9:37

Attachments:

• firefox_3.6.10_gdipp.png

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Do you mean the issue is that text is not displayed completely? What do you 
mean by "dead people"? Please specify the problem you report clearly.

From the look of text, I suppose you are using the DirectWrite series renders? 
You should explicitly tell developers which render you were using (like what 
the question prompts).

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 6:23

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I apologise for the vagueness of my report.  I thought the problem was 
self-evident.

"I see dead people" is a phrase from the film The Sixth Sense which has now 
entered popular culture in UK/USA, almost becoming a meme. I guess I meant "I 
can't believe what I'm seeing" because I would be amazed if I was the first 
person to report abnormal rendering in an app as common as Firefox 3.

- Yes, I meant the text is not displayed completely.

- The renderer is FreeType not DirectWrite.

- My gdipp config file has no modifications - it is the one put there by the 
installer.

Original comment by seandy...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 7:29

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I can understand that you are mocking the abnormal display. But it does not 
guarantee other people without UK/USA culture influence or strong English 
background (non-English native speakers) could understand too. The issue list 
is mean to collaborate.

By comparing the screenshots, I firmly think that the text in your Firefox is 
not rendered, though the text metrics are adjusted. FreeType usually renders 
text narrower than GDI. That's why you see incomplete text.

I think no one else reports the issue just because no one else like you 
encounters such problem. Until an issue could be reproduced in different 
environments by different people, do not judge it as a bug. It could be caused 
by other factors.

You need to tell me how to reproduce the problem, or use the source code to 
track down the problem yourself. Otherwise, I cannot be of help.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 10:18

Attachments:

• Firefox.png

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If you're running a 32-bit version of Firefox (automatically emulated via 
WoW64), you can try installing the 32-bit version of gdipp as well as the 
64-bit version (assuming you don't already have both on your system). Renders 
as expected in Firefox 3.6.11 on Win7 32-bit.

Original comment by superwea...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2010 at 4:12

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superweapons1 - FYI: the 64-bit installation of gdipp installs both the 64-bit 
and 32-bit versions.

crendking - This defect can be closed. My FireFox renders fonts just fine. I 
must have been mistaken about the using FreeType renderer. Sorry.

Original comment by seandy...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2010 at 11:26

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just for folks with more recent versions of FF, turn off "hardware 
acceleration" to get GDIPP to render fonts (option is in menu path 
Options->Advanced->General)

Original comment by to...@rightclickblog.com on 29 Feb 2012 at 4:26