Description of problem: The letter 'ö' of Bitstream Vera Sans at size 11 and 12 is narrow compared to an 'o' when subpixel rendering is enabled. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.1.9-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC3 and update. 2. Create test account and log in. 3. Enable subpixel rendering in the Font preferences. 4. Go to http://www.alexander.bostrom.net/ouml.html using Firefox. Actual results: The letter 'ö' is not as wide as the letter 'o'. Expected results: The letter 'ö' should look like an 'o' with two dots. Additional info: See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=106652&action=view from bug #139194 for a screenshot.
Looks like it is coming from a different font? Can you: A) Do screenshots with the font selector from gnome-font-selector rather than firefox. Firefox font selection isn't directly driven off the system mechanismss. B) As for bug 139194, provide unscaled croppedscreenshots, rather than scaled screenshots.
Ok, here are a couple of more screenshots. Neither these are scaled. :-)
Created attachment 106754 [details] Bitstream Vera Sans at size 12
Created attachment 106755 [details] Bitstream Vera Sans Mono at size 12
Confirmed. Weird. Something is going wrong in the autohinter code that snaps the width of the stems to integral widths. (Note that the same thing happens for "mono" rendering.)
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Closing per lack of response to previous request for information. This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version for which this bug is confirmed. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. Please install a still supported version and retest. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier.