Bug 258050

Summary: synthetic bold applied on top of bold font variant?
Product: WebKit Reporter: Karl Dubost <karlcow>
Component: TextAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: Normal CC: mmaxfield, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2 Keywords: BrowserCompat, InRadar
Version: Safari 17   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
URL: https://css-irl.info/thoughts-from-css-day-2023/
Attachments:
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webarchive of the page with the issue.
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Description Karl Dubost 2023-06-13 15:57:01 PDT 
Created attachment 466683 [details]
webarchive of the page with the issue.

Steps to reproduce:
1. With Safari Tech Preview 172
2. Go to https://css-irl.info/thoughts-from-css-day-2023/

Expected:
Elegant bold fonts on titles and strong elements.

Actual:
Notice how the font becomes very bold and less readable.
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2023-06-13 15:57:14 PDT 
<rdar://problem/110738526>
Comment 2 Karl Dubost 2023-06-13 15:58:58 PDT 
Created attachment 466684 [details]
rendering in safari, firefox, edge

From left to right: WebKit, Gecko and Blink
Comment 3 Karl Dubost 2023-06-13 16:00:42 PDT 
Created attachment 466685 [details]
rendering in safari, firefox, edge