User:Msikma/Font size test

There seem to be some problems with FreeType font rendering. At 100% size, all is well, but starting from 90% font size (in this example) the italicized and bold text seem to be slightly smaller, most notably by having an x-height that's one pixel lower than the plain text. Aside from that, starting from 86% font size, it seems that the italicized text and bold text are larger than the plain text (and again, there's a whole pixel of difference in x-height).

Tests by the author were done with hinting turned on, the global font size at 96 DPi, and the bytecode interpreter disabled (as it is by default when compiling and in almost all FreeType binaries).

100%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 95%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 90%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 89%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 88%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 87%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 86%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. 85%  This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. <tt>84% </tt> This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. <tt>83% </tt> This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. <tt>82% </tt> This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. <tt>81% </tt> This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text. <tt>80% </tt> This is normal text. This is italic text. This is normal text. This is bold text. This is normal text.