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Google Fonts Redesigned

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Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

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Looks great in Chrome, completely broken in Firefox: https://i.imgur.com/XRMgcHp.png .

I see the same thing in Chrome 51.0.2704.84 m, Windows 10.

I noticed my font rendering in Chrome started to be terrible a couple of days ago, so might be on me.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

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It's fair play after the IE-ification of the web before that.

That was the old IE. Edge is a whole new browser and management has changed since ballmer era. It's like punishing current generation of Germans because of hitler.

Comparing IE to hitler - be fair, he wasn't that evil.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

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You could generalize the tool, so it also works for other fonts?

That's a good idea. I'd have to look into how to get copies of licensed fonts to analyze. Actually paying for a license would make this project completely unfeasible.

If you get the basic product up and running, I'm guessing the foundries might give you a license just because you might be able to drive some business to them. There may even be an affiliate angle that could be worked.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

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It's fair play after the IE-ification of the web before that.

Is it? The complaint at the time was the number of websites that outright blocked non-IE browsers rather than just letting the non-IE browsers try their best to render the pages, closing the web. Just because the tables are now turned it's appropriate for Google to break the open web? It seems evil from the standpoint of trying to support an open web (the arguments are the same now as they were back then), and it see…

works on Firefox and Safari as well as Chrome. There's a difference between the old-school Microsoft efforts to break competitors and current efforts to support a (popular) subset of browsers.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

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This is a gorgeous redesign that really lets the typography shine, as well as deftly addressing numerous usability issues with the old site. The family size filter in particular makes finding a usable set of weights much easier, and the featured section adds a welcome new layer of curation. Two minor observations: - It would be a great addition to the family size slider to be able to filter for "contains italics." So…

Are you using chrome? It looks pretty dumb in firefox. It looks like this. http://imgur.com/IT7x83h

Looks the same in Chrome.
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