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Fonts have terrible kerning ruining legibility

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astyler
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On version 63.0 on Linux, some fonts have terrible kerning ruining legibility, especially in GMail. It might not look particularly illegible in the screenshot, but over a whole screen of email it is really disorienting.

I tried following some guides for fixing this from previous versions (changing hinting in OS for font-pixel alignment, change fonts in Firefox settings), and found old bug reports, but these did not work and the bug reports were closed as resolved: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432544 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435234

Any help would be appreciated!

Ubuntu 16.04 w/ Gnome desktop Firefox 63.0

On version 63.0 on Linux, some fonts have terrible kerning ruining legibility, especially in GMail. It might not look particularly illegible in the screenshot, but over a whole screen of email it is really disorienting. I tried following some guides for fixing this from previous versions (changing hinting in OS for font-pixel alignment, change fonts in Firefox settings), and found old bug reports, but these did not work and the bug reports were closed as resolved: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432544 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435234 Any help would be appreciated! Ubuntu 16.04 w/ Gnome desktop Firefox 63.0

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astyler
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Adding screenshot of an email title.

Seems to be most pronounced with Roboto fonts.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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This sample page looks okay on Windows, so this may indeed be specific to Linux or your distribution:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

Or is that page (very simple styling) okay on yours, too?

astyler
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Looks OK on my end -- at various sizes and with all styles.

May be some interaction with Firefox+Gmail+Linux similar to previously reported problems (specific to this combination).

Will wait to hear from gmail team or other users. Thanks for the help!