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 2. 3. 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.
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.
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.
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...