[Bug 1160935] Webpages that request Helvetica get Nimbus Sans, which
has terrible kerning
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160935
--- Comment #18 from Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net> ---
(In reply to Jason Merrill from comment #15)
> For pages that only request Helvetica, sure. In this case, the page
> requests "helvetica, arial, sans-serif", so the web designer clearly isn't
> expecting pixel-exact layout.
If only…
But anyway the browser knows the css stack, so it can do "if on linux, ignore
helvetica if the designer suggested something else", but the font stack does
not.
And still a good helvetica variant in Fedora would solve all scenarii, not just
one.
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[Bug 1160935] Webpages that request Helvetica get Nimbus Sans, which
has terrible kerning
by Red Hat Bugzilla
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160935
--- Comment #15 from Jason Merrill <jason(a)redhat.com> ---
(In reply to Nicolas Mailhot from comment #12)
> (In reply to Jason Merrill from comment #11)
> > Thanks, but I'm not trying to find a better Helvetica substitute, what I
> > want is for Facebook to look better in Firefox. I think the Chrome behavior
> > quoted in comment #5, i.e. skipping Helvetica in the web font list rather
> > than looking for a substitute, makes a lot of sense.
>
> That may work for some pages but given how some web designers inist on
> pixel-perfect designs Helvetica really needs to be substituted by something
> with the same metrics
For pages that only request Helvetica, sure. In this case, the page requests
"helvetica, arial, sans-serif", so the web designer clearly isn't expecting
pixel-exact layout.
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