faux-pas, Detecting Faux Web Font Rendering

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When a browser uses a web font but doesn’t have an italic or bold variation available, it will attempt to fake it! This is also known as font-s…


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From deep in the archives (4 years late!), filed under “things I built but never posted on my web site”:

When a browser uses a web font but doesn’t have an italic or bold variation available, it will attempt to fake it! This is also known as font-synthesis. For some people (including me) this can be hard to detect visually.

faux-pas is a project to help detect this behavior so that you can fix it!

  • npm install fg-faux-pas and include the script in your build. Or use the Bookmarklet!
  • Demo (includes the Bookmarklet!) and Test Page
  • View on: GitHub or npm
  • Retweet

node-faux-pas is a project to run faux-pas on the command line:

  • npm install -g node-faux-pas
  • e.g. fauxpas https://www.zachleat.com/
  • View on GitHub or npm
  • Retweet


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