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Comically, here's how this is rendering for me using Chromium on Ubuntu: https://s3.amazonaws.com/1overBlog/screenshots/treat-text-as-a-ui.png https://s3.amazo

by Adrock 14y ago

Comically, here's how this is rendering for me using Chromium on Ubuntu: https://s3.amazonaws.com/1overBlog/screenshots/treat-text-as-a-ui.png https://s3.amazonaws.com/1overBlog/screenshots/treat-text-as...

yogsototh 14y ago
Also, no ligature :/ I have ligature on my website by using: text-rendering: optimizelegibility with Computer Modern. For many technical reason, typography on the web is hard. I had written my though about it here (there are images, this is why I simply don't copy/paste): http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Typography-and-the-Web/ http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Typography-and-the-W...
- jimktrains2 14y ago
  I was always disappointed that TeX or LaTeX didn't become standard for the web over HTML.
- digitalengineer 14y ago
  Nice piece! Love it when someone cares about ligatures! I've actually had clients --big ones-- force me to remove "those crazy letters" in their layout. I couldn't educate them... Hve you seen http://beta.typecastapp.com/ http://beta.typecastapp.com/ "Better web type without the hassle" If anyone is going to fix ligatures it's them. Update: THEY HAVE!!! http://beta.typecastapp.com/blog/fancify-your-typography-with-ligatures-and-more/ http://beta.typecastapp.com/blog/fancify-your-typography-wit...
yesbabyyes 14y ago
I get this quite often (Chromium/Ubuntu here, too). It usually fixes itself by zooming out/zooming in. I always surf with 120% zoom, and I've kind of assumed the bug is related to that. Do you surf with a non-default zoom level?
- phreeza 14y ago
  I also frequently experience this glitch, default zoom level is 100%.
- Adrock 14y ago
  No, this was with the default and it persists even after zooming back and forth.
- sdepablos 14y ago
  Me too (Ubuntu + Chromium), and is really annoying, as more and more sites are starting to use webfonts :( The strange thing is that only happens around links and on Chromiun (Chrome works ok)
  - evmar 14y ago
    I think the bug was maybe fixed (I haven't seen it in a while), but Ubuntu ships an ancient version of Chrome (looks like Chrome 18, while I'm using Chrome 23).
    - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
      Yep. Get it from Google (Chrome) not Ubuntu (Chromium).
    - yesbabyyes 14y ago
      I get it from some ppa with newer chromiums, and now that you mention it, I can't recall seeing it in a while. Hope it's fixed!
- buro9 14y ago
  Yeah, I'm in the habit of CTRL++ and CTRL+- upon opening pages that use custom fonts (JavaScript fonts).
digitalWestie 14y ago
came here to say the exact same thing
sneak 14y ago
Get an OS that cares about how type looks on screen.
- lordlarm 14y ago
  Or designers can use fonts which works for all operating systems and browsers.
  - pseudonimble 14y ago
    The font is not at fault, the renderer is at fault.
  - Flenser 14y ago
    Which fonts a work for all operating systems and browsers?
    - lordlarm 14y ago
      Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana (...) HN uses Verdana fyi.
azundo 14y ago
This used to happen to me all the time on all sorts of pages. I haven't noticed it since upgrading to 12.04 so perhaps it has been fixed. I did find the bug report for it at one point and a workaround is to right-click and open the web inspector. For some reason this forces a re-render that fixes the problem.
khaled 14y ago
Chrome on Linux is a treated as a third class citizen by Chrome developers and it has a crap text layout engine.
- teamonkey 14y ago
  At least the font rendering works better on Linux than on Windows. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692
arrrg 14y ago
"Major" is the important word there.

by Adrock 14y ago

yogsototh 14y ago

Also, no ligature :/ I have ligature on my website by using: text-rendering: optimizelegibility with Computer Modern. For many technical reason, typography on the web is hard. I had written my though about it here (there are images, this is why I simply don't copy/paste): http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Typography-and-the-Web/ http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Typography-and-the-W...

jimktrains2 14y ago
I was always disappointed that TeX or LaTeX didn't become standard for the web over HTML.
digitalengineer 14y ago
Nice piece! Love it when someone cares about ligatures! I've actually had clients --big ones-- force me to remove "those crazy letters" in their layout. I couldn't educate them... Hve you seen http://beta.typecastapp.com/ http://beta.typecastapp.com/ "Better web type without the hassle" If anyone is going to fix ligatures it's them. Update: THEY HAVE!!! http://beta.typecastapp.com/blog/fancify-your-typography-with-ligatures-and-more/ http://beta.typecastapp.com/blog/fancify-your-typography-wit...

yesbabyyes 14y ago

I get this quite often (Chromium/Ubuntu here, too). It usually fixes itself by zooming out/zooming in. I always surf with 120% zoom, and I've kind of assumed the bug is related to that. Do you surf with a non-default zoom level?

phreeza 14y ago
I also frequently experience this glitch, default zoom level is 100%.
Adrock 14y ago
No, this was with the default and it persists even after zooming back and forth.
sdepablos 14y ago
Me too (Ubuntu + Chromium), and is really annoying, as more and more sites are starting to use webfonts :( The strange thing is that only happens around links and on Chromiun (Chrome works ok)
- evmar 14y ago
  I think the bug was maybe fixed (I haven't seen it in a while), but Ubuntu ships an ancient version of Chrome (looks like Chrome 18, while I'm using Chrome 23).
  - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
    Yep. Get it from Google (Chrome) not Ubuntu (Chromium).
  - yesbabyyes 14y ago
    I get it from some ppa with newer chromiums, and now that you mention it, I can't recall seeing it in a while. Hope it's fixed!
buro9 14y ago
Yeah, I'm in the habit of CTRL++ and CTRL+- upon opening pages that use custom fonts (JavaScript fonts).

digitalWestie 14y ago

came here to say the exact same thing

sneak 14y ago

Get an OS that cares about how type looks on screen.

lordlarm 14y ago
Or designers can use fonts which works for all operating systems and browsers.
- pseudonimble 14y ago
  The font is not at fault, the renderer is at fault.
- Flenser 14y ago
  Which fonts a work for all operating systems and browsers?
  - lordlarm 14y ago
    Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana (...) HN uses Verdana fyi.

azundo 14y ago

This used to happen to me all the time on all sorts of pages. I haven't noticed it since upgrading to 12.04 so perhaps it has been fixed. I did find the bug report for it at one point and a workaround is to right-click and open the web inspector. For some reason this forces a re-render that fixes the problem.

khaled 14y ago

Chrome on Linux is a treated as a third class citizen by Chrome developers and it has a crap text layout engine.

teamonkey 14y ago
At least the font rendering works better on Linux than on Windows. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692

arrrg 14y ago

"Major" is the important word there.