Closed Bug 2985 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

Text renders larger than 4.51

Categories

(Core :: Layout, defect, P2)

HP
Linux
defect

Tracking

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VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: ckritzer, Assigned: peterl-retired)

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Details

Build: 99035 - Linux Box: HP Vectra running Linux RedHat 5.2 Steps to Repro: 1) Install and launch build. 2) Load http://www.go2net.com/ 3) Launch 4.51 and load http://www.go2net.com/ to compare the two. 3a) You will notice that the text renders larger in the 99035 build than in 4.51.
Assignee: troy → peterl
This is probably because 4.51 doesn't compute font sizes correctly, but I'll leave it to Peter to mark as WONTFIX
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Actually, Nav rendered font sizes wrong on Windows (see BugSplat #311089). I don't know about Linux (but I wouldn't be suprised). This bears further investigation.
per leger, assigning QA contacts to all open bugs without QA contacts according to list at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Browser
Target Milestone: M7
petersen, this looks like and ALL platforms bug, not just Linux. Can you confirm and updated platform info. Thanks!
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Lets' not get bent out of shape over this one. On Windows, we render certain font sizes larger due the the fact that we FIXED a font sizing bug in 4.5 (and before). On Mac and Unix, we're adopting a new model of point to pixel scaling, so text on those platforms will now match what happens on Windows in 5.0, not what they were in 4.x versions.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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