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[Freetype] possible font selection/rendering problem in mozilla and konq

From: Philippe A
Subject: [Freetype] possible font selection/rendering problem in mozilla and konqueror
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 07:24:55 +0000 
Hello everybody,
This message is being sent to address@hidden and address@hidden I hope I'm not doing something heretic. I'm not very familiar with mailing lists.
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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