Posts tagged with font
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29 September 2009 - In depth: Understanding font resolution and glyph substitution in browsers
Webfonts are the new buzz since Firefox 3.5 reintroduced downloadable fonts, but if a browser does not have the font or if it cannot download a font, what happens with the rendering of the page? Many characters simply display even if they are not in the selected font, how come? This article dives into the font selection and glyph substitution process of the common browsers and explains what goes on under the surface — read article
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25 September 2009 - CSS font-family monospace renders inconsistently in Firefox and Chrome
The CSS font family monospace renders to small in Firefox, Chrome and Safari, about 75% of the original size. This bug introduces a number of strange behaviors, as font-family:monospace,monospace renders differently then just monospace. Weird? Indeed, and it’s there since 2002… — read article













