wOLVERINe Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 The 'Roboto' font is Google's main font (Android/Play Store website etc etc) However in Maxthon, If you have the font INSTALLED on your computer it looks HORRIBLE.. (Go to play.google.com and look at the titles between sections.. Bad AA etc etc.., It's very obvious on thin/light version of the font). If you DO NOT have the font installed, the browser grabs the webfont directly from Google's website and all pages with Roboto will render correctly. Yes, correctly. This has been a long time issue in Chrome as well, but has now been fixed. However it is still a problem in the latest Maxthon beta. To see the problem.. 1) Download and install the font: http://developer.android.com/downloads/design/roboto-1.2.zip 2) Put Maxthon side by side with Chrome.. 3) Go to https://play.google.com/store and compare the thin titles text between the two browsers.. Again.. You will ONLY see the difference if you have Roboto installed locally. Maxthon will render the font properly if you do NOT have it installed. And NO.. Uninstalling the font from my computer is not an option as I have to use the font in other application that are not web bound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wOLVERINe Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Anyone noticing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I checked the other day and can confirm the issue. I don't understand how/why it happens though. The files downloaded are essentially the same as the local font files just packed differently, so it doesn't make sense that Maxthon would render them differently?! I'd be curious to know if it happens with all fonts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wOLVERINe Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I haven't seen this happen with other fonts.. but then again I don't use many webfonts offline... Roboto though is one that's winning traction among many websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSL Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) That's because Maxthon automatically removes apostrophes around stylesheets, So 'Roboto' becomes Roboto thus, not rendering this font. It happens to all fonts with single names. It does not fix 'Roboto Slab' for instance. EDIT: Sorry, it is not the problem I had the same issue with Firefox 40 as well. I think it is related to font-smoothing / cleartype / directwrite use... Both Maxthon (PC) and Nitro (PC) does not seem to support those even as option If there is a way, let me know So suggestion stands here I think... Edited August 15, 2015 by SiSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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