an extract from the wikipedia page "Comparison of browser engines", displayed on Librewolf. there is a prominent gap between the letters W and e in the word "WebKit". once you notice this, it becomes apparent that the kerning of ALL the text is slightly off in some very subtle way

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   josef (jk@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:25:43 JST josef

   attempting to switch to firefox again (actually librewolf). it's crazy how the text rendering is just so much worse. some of it is personal taste of course (i prefer bolder text with smooth antialiasing rather than thin text with sharp antialiasing, maybe because i have an astigmatism so it looks clearer?). but some of it is just objectively bizarre. like i've only been using the browser for about an hour today and almost every single page i open i see something like this