diff --git a/_posts/2019-01-23-text-in-fonts-too-bold-or-blurry-in-firefox-on-macos-mojave.markdown b/_posts/2019-01-23-text-in-fonts-too-bold-or-blurry-in-firefox-on-macos-mojave.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62e1460 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2019-01-23-text-in-fonts-too-bold-or-blurry-in-firefox-on-macos-mojave.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Text in fonts too bold or blurry in Firefox on macOS Mojave?" +date: 2019-01-23 22:23:08 UTC +categories: social comments +tags: firefox macos +external-url: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/aj3p2v/fonts_too_bold_since_firefox_devedition_660b1/eessjmm/ +image: + +--- + +# Original Post + +>Hello Dear Firefox Community! +> +>Since the last update of Firefox Developer Edition to v66.0b1 (64Bit) on macOS Mojave I've got a weird problem: It looks like the browser shifts the font-weight definition up on every website for one step. So what used to be 200 is now 300, 300 is 400 and so on. When I roll back to the previous version everything works fine again. Looks like the font rendering is broken since the update. +> +>Is it just me or was there a change and maybe a bug with the font rendering? +> +>Currently I only had the possibility to test it on macOS Mojave (10.14.2) so unfortunately I can't say if other operating systems are also affected by this. My other regular Firefox installation (stable, v64.0.2) on the same devices also still work as expected, so I don't think it's an OS related issue, especially because I can fix it by rolling back one FF Dev version. +> +>I already tried to purge caches to make sure there are no corrupt data there, tried a new user profile and fiddled with the hardware acceleration settings, but no changes there. +> +>Thanks in advance for your help or feedback to that problem! + +## My Comments + +It looks like this is the issue - but it looks like it is a [*fix*](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1495282 "Some fonts are lighter weight after updating from macOS 10.13 to 10.14 Mojave"). + +Have you played with any of the font smoothing settings in Mojave? I know there were changes around that. Also, it may be significant if you are on an external high DPI display vs. one built in to a Mac. + +This fixes a bug in Firefox. Compare the text to Safari - Firefox is respecting your platform setting instead of doing its own thing. + +Most Mac users want that. + +FYI, if you are on a non-retina display, you will need to wait until Firefox 66 for a further fix (I guess developers are mostly on laptops with high DPI). + +### Context + +In the macOS Mojave 10.14 release, Apple [removed support for subpixel anti-aliasing](https://mjtsai.com/blog/2018/07/13/macos-10-14-mojave-removes-subpixel-anti-aliasing/) but kept "dilation" (bolding) for standard pixel density displays. Concurrently, the Firefox 2D rendering code ([Skia](https://skia.org/)) included a bug that [disabled gamma conversion](https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+/16d00eeef7d18dcfd28725bcb4c15dad633ab7eb%5E%21/#F0), making fonts look thinner. + +Mozilla shipped a fix for this in Firefox 66 to match the platform vendor (Apple). + +This was a platform change, so users differed on which behavior they ended up preferring; while many users seemed to gravitate towards disabling font smoothing, on my low-DPI MacBook Air running Catalina, I still have font smoothing enabled. Clearly, Apple wants its customers on high-DPI displays, however -- with [fewer hacks](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17477526) for making text look better on lower DPI displays. + +--- + +{% include donate-social.html %} You can also message me on [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@yoasif). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_posts/2024-12-09-leaving-reddit-and-salvaging-my-posts.markdown b/_posts/2024-12-09-leaving-reddit-and-salvaging-my-posts.markdown index 08bd104..552a184 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-12-09-leaving-reddit-and-salvaging-my-posts.markdown +++ b/_posts/2024-12-09-leaving-reddit-and-salvaging-my-posts.markdown @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Stay tuned for more, and feel free to drop your thoughts or comments on Mastodon ### 2019 +* [Text in fonts too bold or blurry in Firefox on macOS Mojave?]({% post_url 2019-01-23-text-in-fonts-too-bold-or-blurry-in-firefox-on-macos-mojave %}) * [Dashlane doesn't work with Firefox]({% post_url 2019-01-29-dashlane-doesnt-work-with-firefox %}) * [Is there any difference between Facebook Container and Firefox Multi-Account Containers?]({% post_url 2019-02-04-is-there-any-difference-between-facebook-container-and-firefox-multi-account-containers %}) * [How can I set a manually installed browser as the default on Debian-based distributions?]({% post_url 2019-02-05-how-can-i-set-a-manually-installed-browser-as-the-default-on-debian-ubuntu-mint %})