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by postalrat 1965 days ago
Are you a designer?

If you want your document to look the same on all systems create an image.

1 comments

That's definitely the correct move given how browsers work, but I don't think it's wrong to wish for font consistency.
Even if there was consistency in the actual fonts their rendering depends on the platform/engine or even just the device settings. If you want precise display metrics you should use an image (SVG counts). If I've got large text enabled on my phone we could have the same exact device and my display metrics won't match yours.