Bug 383647

Summary:	font rendering has deteriorated from chromium 13 to chromium 14
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Aditya Iyer <adimanav5>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Chromium Project <chromium>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96926
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Description Aditya Iyer 2011-09-19 14:49:04 UTC

chromium 13 renders fine exactly as firefox does. chromium 14 (and 15) streak/fringe colors and decrease the width of the stem with some letters.

It is easily noticeable on a wide color gamut full HD (1920x1080) display (e.g. Dell XPS 15 L502X notebook). 

Have reported it upstream on an existing bug and have attached screenshots there.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96926

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compare font rendering between chromium 13 and chromium 14 and firefox
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Actual Results:  
chromium 14 font rendering is worse than chromium 13 or firefox.

Expected Results:  
font rendering should at least be the same if not better.

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2011-09-20 03:54:48 UTC

I can't say that I have noticed this myself, but I have been running chromium 15 for quite a while.

Anyway, my vote is RESO UPSTREAM unless there is some reason to believe that Gentoo is causing this.

Comment 2 Aditya Iyer 2011-09-20 11:47:20 UTC

I don't believe Gentoo has anything to do with this. This is more like an FYI and can be resolved appropriately. It is already reported upstream.

Comment 3 Aditya Iyer 2011-09-20 12:37:56 UTC

BTW, I observe the same issue in chromium 15 too. Font rendering is of course subjective, at least it is definitely noticeable to me. might be more noticeable with a better display...