Hinting is different to subpixel rendering, but both are related to antialiasing. But my pedantic comment aside, I think the only real problem here is bad UI design. No text, including the placeholder headings, should be rendered smaller than the user interface font size. Because that may make it too small to read. Similarly egregious is the use of grey text on a grey background.
** Summary changed: - Font hinting on text field placeholder is inconsistent with the rest of the UI + Font used on text field placeholder is inconsistent with the rest of the UI ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Tags added: visual-quality -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2042681 Title: Font used on text field placeholder is inconsistent with the rest of the UI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2042681/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
