- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:32:18 +0000
- To: Cyril Concolato <cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr>
- Cc: Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>, W3C Public TTWG <public-tt@w3.org>
On Nov 5, 2014, at 16:20 , Cyril Concolato <cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr> wrote: > Very curious. It's definitely a problem due to the combination: Windows, Chrome, Gill Sans. See attached image. So, the user-agent has fallen back from Gill Sans, you don’t have Verdana, and now it’s picked a font that you don’t like (and I can’t identify off the top of my head; it’s a bit like Bauhaus but I don’t recognize it. I’d say you have two problems: the lack of Gill Sans and Verdana on your system, and the bizarre choice for a generic sans-serif fallback. > > Cyril > > Le 05/11/2014 17:02, David Singer a écrit : >> Curious >> >> On a Mac, Gill Sans enabled, in Safari >> >> >> with Gill Sans disabled >> >> >> >> definitely different, but not horrible… >> >> On Nov 5, 2014, at 15:35 , Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk <mailto:nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>> wrote: >> >>> On 05/11/2014 15:30, "Cyril Concolato" >>> <cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr <mailto:cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> The WG page (http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/) uses a weird font (normal >>>> 100% "Gill Sans", Verdana, sans-serif) that renders horribly on Windows >>>> with Chrome. Works fine with IE or Firefox on Windows. >>>> >>>> Can someone fix that? >>> >>> Looks fine on Mac OS X with Chrome, Safari and Firefox - is there >>> something wrong with the HTML/CSS or is this a cunningly disguised request >>> for Google and/or Microsoft ;-) ? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Nigel >>> >>>> >>>> Cyril >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cyril Concolato >>>> Multimedia Group / Telecom ParisTech >>>> http://concolato.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ >>>> @cconcolato >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> David Singer >> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc. >> > > > -- > Cyril Concolato > Multimedia Group / Telecom ParisTech > http://concolato.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ > @cconcolato > > <font-problem.png> David Singer Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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