Bug 258050 - synthetic bold applied on top of bold font variant?
Summary: synthetic bold applied on top of bold font variant?
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: Safari 17
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL: https://css-irl.info/thoughts-from-cs...
Keywords: BrowserCompat, InRadar
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2023-06-13 15:57 PDT by Karl Dubost
Modified: 2023-06-13 16:00 PDT (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
webarchive of the page with the issue. (301.93 KB, application/x-webarchive)
2023-06-13 15:57 PDT, Karl Dubost 		no flags Details
rendering in safari, firefox, edge (249.94 KB, image/png)
2023-06-13 15:58 PDT, Karl Dubost 		no flags Details
rendering in safari, firefox, edge (493.43 KB, image/png)
2023-06-13 16:00 PDT, Karl Dubost 		no flags Details
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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