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Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:35 am
by 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?
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:12 am
by Koub
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That's what I get. Seems fine to me.
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:24 am
by sillyfly
This is how it looks for me:
although if I make the font
really large there is a difference.
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:35 am
by daniel34
What OS are you using and what font does it use?
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:36 am
by 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 ?
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:51 am
by 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.
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:11 am
by quinor
Do you use ghostery or adblock? It seems like your browser doesn't render proper font due to Google Fonts being blocked.
Re: Tilde looks like Minus
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:20 am
by 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).
