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John-Mark Gurney

@encthenet

Aug 11, 2021

If you don't like the new font for twitter, here's a quick solution.

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foone

@Foone

Aug 11, 2021

so yeah. Assuming you're using ublock origin, go into settings, my filters, and paste these two lines: abs.twimg.com/fonts/chirp-re abs.twimg.com/fonts/chirp-bo

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

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It looks fine on Android and Windows 10 but it's hideous on my Linux workstation. Not rendering properly at all. I might need to turn off font hinting because harfbuzz gave up on doing it properly. I don't think I mind how it looks when it's actually being rendered properly.

6:36 PM · Aug 11, 2021Twitter Web App

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Yeah. Still fine on Android here as well.

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I don't think it's actually part of harfbuzz itself but they dropped support for font rendering able to match Windows somewhere in the stack and it's really noticeable with this font. github.com/harfbuzz/harfb I guess it might be something to do with Pango, Cairo or FreeType.

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No/broken kerning for a large number of fonts · Issue #2394 · harfbuzz/harfbuzz

I really don't know what to do 'cause Pango/RH developers are unwilling to cooperate or even admit the issue, so it's my last resort. The pertinent details are here: https:/...

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