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Letter 'g' and 'j' is cutout with Verdana 12px #7

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected output is a normal letter 'g' and 'j' but instead the bottom is cutout 
in the text.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
MacType 1.2012.0406.0, LCD-style, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Firefox 11.0. 
Same issue in Chrome 18+.

Please provide any additional information below.
This seems to happen with the font "Verdana" size 12px. I looked at many 
different sites with the same font/fontsize and the output is the same.

It's not a big deal but maybe good to know if u are updating it for the future.

Posting a picture so you can see how it looks.

Keep up the good work!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by end...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2012 at 1:14

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I'm sorry but this bug won't be fixed.
This is because chrome and firefox, especially firefox relies on Windows API 
for matrix, a matrix that perfect fit cleartype hinted glyph outline, while 
MacType draws glyphs without hinting if you required. As you know, glyphs 
without hinting are always bigger then hinted ones, so firefox will cut bitmaps 
with ClearType standard, causing cutout of tall letters.

The problem is that if I increase Windows matrix to solve this issue, firefox 
will looks better but many other apps will be messed up. So far as I know, 
Google picasa and java console are two of the problematic programs. 

If you ever installed MacType 2012.0405 version, you will find that this 
version is firefox friendly, and if you care about this issue seriously and 
won't use these known buggy apps, you can have a try.

Original comment by flyingsn...@gmail.com on 20 Apr 2012 at 2:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I solved this in Firefox by forcing the font to Segoe UI and decreasing the 
size. Some sites still have this issue but most of them looks nice now, the 
downside is that none of the sites have their original fonts now but I don't 
care ;)

Keep up the good work!

Original comment by end...@gmail.com on 20 Apr 2012 at 10:27

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