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They should all be using Verdana, as per HN's CSS. I have the font installed in each OS so it should be a fair fight unless I screwed something different up.

velodrome 13y ago
The font in the Ubuntu image is not Verdana. Ubuntu does not install Microsoft fonts by default. It will fallback to Ubuntu's default font.
- drivebyacct2 13y ago
  I always have msttcorefonts installed which includes Verdana. It's part of the script that is the first thing I run on a new install... (Like, a half hour ago, I checked that Verdana was installed and then recreated the screenshot from the original post and it's identical as far as I can tell.
  - sp332 13y ago
    The fonts are similar, but you can see the numeral "3" is different. They're not the same font. Right-click the text and choose "Inspect element". In the right-hand column, make sure "Computed" is selected at the top, then look to see what font-family is being rendered. (If you click "Rules" at the top, you can see which rules are active.)
    - drivebyacct2 13y ago
      Yeah, it says Verdana: http://i.imgur.com/50Sx6c3.png http://i.imgur.com/50Sx6c3.png The '3' doesn't look any more different than other chars due to rendering difference, to me. And KDE's font manager's take on Verdana: http://i.imgur.com/4c5cSe3.png http://i.imgur.com/4c5cSe3.png And Firefox on my system, just as a reference: http://i.imgur.com/a2yZ7UQ.png http://i.imgur.com/a2yZ7UQ.png
      - velodrome 13y ago
        Your right, my mistake. I verified with my ubuntu install. My Verdana looks the same as yours. There are differences with how the text is rendered. Maybe it has to do with kerning and subpixel optimizations.
      - sp332 13y ago
        Thanks for double-checking. The 'a' looks very different on the Windows 7 sample!
    - blaenk 13y ago
      In my experience, this doesn't necessarily give the correct font. Some distros have font aliases in fontconfig. I've found that `fc-match` can easily find the true font being used for a given font name/pattern, e.g. fc-match monospace might give DejaVu Mono
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velodrome 13y ago

The font in the Ubuntu image is not Verdana. Ubuntu does not install Microsoft fonts by default. It will fallback to Ubuntu's default font.

drivebyacct2 13y ago
I always have msttcorefonts installed which includes Verdana. It's part of the script that is the first thing I run on a new install... (Like, a half hour ago, I checked that Verdana was installed and then recreated the screenshot from the original post and it's identical as far as I can tell.
- sp332 13y ago
  The fonts are similar, but you can see the numeral "3" is different. They're not the same font. Right-click the text and choose "Inspect element". In the right-hand column, make sure "Computed" is selected at the top, then look to see what font-family is being rendered. (If you click "Rules" at the top, you can see which rules are active.)
  - drivebyacct2 13y ago
    Yeah, it says Verdana: http://i.imgur.com/50Sx6c3.png http://i.imgur.com/50Sx6c3.png The '3' doesn't look any more different than other chars due to rendering difference, to me. And KDE's font manager's take on Verdana: http://i.imgur.com/4c5cSe3.png http://i.imgur.com/4c5cSe3.png And Firefox on my system, just as a reference: http://i.imgur.com/a2yZ7UQ.png http://i.imgur.com/a2yZ7UQ.png
    - velodrome 13y ago
      Your right, my mistake. I verified with my ubuntu install. My Verdana looks the same as yours. There are differences with how the text is rendered. Maybe it has to do with kerning and subpixel optimizations.
    - sp332 13y ago
      Thanks for double-checking. The 'a' looks very different on the Windows 7 sample!
  - blaenk 13y ago
    In my experience, this doesn't necessarily give the correct font. Some distros have font aliases in fontconfig. I've found that `fc-match` can easily find the true font being used for a given font name/pattern, e.g. fc-match monospace might give DejaVu Mono

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