Comments on: Overlap http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3785 Jesse Ruderman Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:17:13 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3785 It's Helvetica on Mac. Wikipedia just tells browsers to use their default sans-serif font, and that's Firefox's default on Mac. (For the font <i>size</i>, it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/main.css" rel="nofollow">uses an interesting hack</a>: it scales the text down using x-small and then scales it up using 127%.) It’s Helvetica on Mac. Wikipedia just tells browsers to use their default sans-serif font, and that’s Firefox’s default on Mac. (For the font size, it uses an interesting hack: it scales the text down using x-small and then scales it up using 127%.)

]]> By: zebulon http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3784 zebulon Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:59:04 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3784 Sorry in advance if my question is inappropriate. What font are you using? My rendering of the Web 2.0 page is ugly compared to yours (even though I don't see the frame that is being overlapped). I was happy with Bitstream Vera but your font seems both sharper AND more compact. Unless it's your font-rendering engine which is better than Xft. Sorry in advance if my question is inappropriate. What font are you using? My rendering of the Web 2.0 page is ugly compared to yours (even though I don’t see the frame that is being overlapped). I was happy with Bitstream Vera but your font seems both sharper AND more compact. Unless it’s your font-rendering engine which is better than Xft.

]]> By: Robin http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3783 Robin Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:32 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3783 I've noticed that bug on several occasions. Is there a 'zilla bug for it? I’ve noticed that bug on several occasions. Is there a ‘zilla bug for it?

]]> By: Nik Kantar http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3782 Nik Kantar Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:39:24 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3782 Irony 2.0? Oh, the cleverness of me. Irony 2.0?

Oh, the cleverness of me.

]]> By: mawrya http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3780 mawrya Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:19:24 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2007/07/30/overlap/#comment-3780 Oh, the irony. Thanks for a good laugh. Oh, the irony. Thanks for a good laugh.

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