Bug 61612 - Bold fonts in Chrome/Chromium
Summary: Bold fonts in Chrome/Chromium
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: fontconfig
Classification: Unclassified
Component: library (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: fontconfig-bugs
QA Contact: Behdad Esfahbod
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Reported: 2013-02-28 11:54 UTC by Vladimir Didenko
Modified: 2013-03-01 18:09 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Chromium log with FC_DEBUG=1 (2.79 KB, application/octet-stream)
2013-03-01 11:43 UTC, Vladimir Didenko 		Details
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Description Vladimir Didenko 2013-02-28 11:54:00 UTC 
After update to fontconfig git master 72b0480 I noticed that almost all fonts in Chrome/Chromium became bold. I used follow command to configure font rendering

fc-conf --antialias enable --autohint disable --hinting enable --hintstyle full --rgba rgb --lcdfilter default

I see problem with Liberation Sans/Serif and Droid Sans/Serif fonts but Dejavu Sans/Serif works ok.

I am using Alt Linux Sisyphus x64 and libfreetype 2.4.11 with TrueType subpixel hinting support enabled. Tell me if any additional information is required.
Comment 1 Akira TAGOH 2013-03-01 02:00:12 UTC 
Does this issue only happen on Chrome? how about on other apps?
Comment 2 Akira TAGOH 2013-03-01 02:01:41 UTC 
one more question...

What version did you use before updating? if it is not 2.10.91, does this issue also happen with it?
Comment 3 Vladimir Didenko 2013-03-01 10:04:45 UTC 
I found particular commit that causes problem -

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=4eab908c8679a797ac7016b77a93ee41bb11b0fc

> Does this issue only happen on Chrome? how about on other apps?

Issue also affects Thunderbird. Often in emails with cyrillic and latin symbols cyrillic symbols are bold when latin characters have normal weight.
Comment 4 Akira TAGOH 2013-03-01 10:46:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> I found particular commit that causes problem -
> 
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/
> ?id=4eab908c8679a797ac7016b77a93ee41bb11b0fc

What I can see an issue related to this change was a crash issue that I've fixed in master just now. can you test this with the latest master again?
Liberation Sans works fine on thunderbird 17.0.3 at least.
Comment 5 Vladimir Didenko 2013-03-01 11:00:48 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)

> 
> What I can see an issue related to this change was a crash issue that I've
> fixed in master just now. can you test this with the latest master again?

Issue is still presented.
Comment 6 Akira TAGOH 2013-03-01 11:27:52 UTC 
Attach a log with FC_DEBUG=1, please.
Comment 7 Vladimir Didenko 2013-03-01 11:43:20 UTC 
Created attachment 75736 [details]
Chromium log with  FC_DEBUG=1
Comment 8 Akira TAGOH 2013-03-01 13:23:26 UTC 
Okay, should be fixed in master now by 612ee2a5. please test.
Comment 9 Vladimir Didenko 2013-03-01 13:32:46 UTC 
(In reply to comment #8)
> Okay, should be fixed in master now by 612ee2a5. please test.

Confirm, issue is fixed. Thank you!

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