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 Desktop Packages, 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 Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In the "Settings" app, I've noticed that in certain pages where it contains an editable text field with a placeholder, such as "Device name" and "User name", the placeholder's font rendering is different and inconsistent with the rest of the UI. These placeholders have no font hinting, but the rest of the Settings screen has hinting. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:45.0-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3 Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Nov 3 19:24:21 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-12 (540 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2023-08-14 (81 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2042681/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
