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I wrote a simple html file to compare the font selected when specifying a
general family name versus the result when specifying my prefered font for
the same family. For example, I expect the the following strings to render
identically:
<font face='serif' size='+3'>SERIF : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Nimbus Roman No9 L' size='+3'>SERIF : Nimbus Roman No9
L</font>
I have found cases in Mozilla 1.3 and Konqueror 3.1-12 where this simple
assumption isn't met.
My prefered fonts for each family are:
Nimbus Roman No9 L
Luxi Sans
Luxi Mono
- In Konqueror, a string rendered with 'sans' uses 'Comic Sans MS' rather
than 'Luxi Sans'.
- In Konqueror, a string rendered with 'mono' uses 'Andale Mono' rather than
'Luxi Mono'. 'Andale Mono' is my 3rd prefered font in the monotype family.
- In Konqueror, the aliasing is different for strings rendered with the same
font but obtained differently. For example, the initial S in my short html
example above receives different aliasing. xmag confirmed my eyes didn't
play a trick on me.
- In Mozilla, a string rendered with 'monospace' has a different size than
the same string rendered with 'Luxi Mono'. 'Luxi Mono' and 'mono' yield the
same result.
- A quick test on aliasing in Mozilla doesn't reveal any difference.
I removed the msttcorefonts package and reloaded xfs and still obtained
strange results.
- In Konqueror, a string rendered with 'serif' used my 'sans-serif' font.
- In Konqueror, the aliasing now seems to be the same.
- In Mozilla, the result stayed the same.
Software I'm using:
- Base distribution is a fresh RedHat9 install
- I first saw the problem with FreeType 2.1.3-6 (RH9 default). Then I
upgraded to 2.1.4 and still had the same results (restarted X and xfs in the
move).
- corefonts.sourceforge.net package
- Default RH9 OpenOffice, from which I am using 'Andale Mono' as the 3rd
prefered font in the monotype family
- Mozilla 1.3 I installed to replace Mozilla 1.2.1 shipped with RedHat9.
- Default XFree in RedHat9: 4.3.0-2
Here's the html I used for this little test:
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta content="">
<style></style>
</head>
<body>
<font face='serif' size='+3'>SERIF : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Nimbus Roman No9 L' size='+3'>SERIF : Nimbus Roman No9
L</font>
<p>
<font face='sans-serif' size='+3'>SANS-SERIF : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Luxi Sans' size='+3'>SANS-SERIF : Luxi Sans</font>
<p>
<font face='sans' size='+3'>SANS : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Luxi Sans' size='+3'>SANS : Luxi Sans</font>
<p>
<font face='mono' size='+3'>MONO : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Luxi Mono' size='+3'>MONO : Luxi Mono</font>
<p>
<font face='monospace' size='+3'>MONOSPACE : Default</font>
<p>
<font face='Luxi Mono' size='+3'>MONOSPACE : Luxi Mono</font>
</body>
</html>
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