Tilde looks like Minus

[sillyfly]

Does it bother anyone else that the font the forum uses makes the tilde (~) look just like a minus sign (-)?
Or is it something with my configuration?

[Koub]

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That's what I get. Seems fine to me.

[sillyfly]

This is how it looks for me:



although if I make the font really large there is a difference.

[daniel34]

What OS are you using and what font does it use?

[Koub]

Wow both characters have a clear difference in size, but they can surely be mistaken if you're not used to it I guess.
What OS are you on, and what font is your browser using ?

[sillyfly]

I'm using Chrome on Linux. As far as I can tell it uses "Trebuchet MS", which is the font specified by the stylesheet used by the forum:


That being said, this is how OpenOffice writer renders "Trebuchet MS" on my machine:


I'm not sure if it's not actually the same font, or it's just subpixel hinting, combined with the small font size and similar colors of foreground and background in the forum.

[quinor]

Do you use ghostery or adblock? It seems like your browser doesn't render proper font due to Google Fonts being blocked.

[sillyfly]

I do use adblock, but I just tried disabling it and reloading, and it looks exactly the same.
Also, note that the browsers is using the exact font specified in the CSS (Trebuchet MS). I think it is a matter of Chrome's scaling and subpixel hinting, as I have no other explanation (zooming in makes the difference more pronounced).