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Text with google web font has different top spacing in chrome / windows and chrome / mac

I am trying to use google website (Josefin Sans), and in windows it has a large spacing at the top of the page, but on Mac it is not. Here is an example page:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1421735/font.html

Here are the screenshots from chrome / windows and chrome / mac:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1421735/chrome-win.png

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1421735/chrome-mac.png

Here's the page source:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Josefin+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <style> body { font-family: 'Josefin Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> Josefin Sans </body> </html>

Any suggestion, how can I make them look the same?

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With web fonts, it seems that mac safari (and other Mac browsers?) Puts text at the beginning of the line of the line - if you go back to arial, the text will bounce to where it belongs. I did not find a solution for this, but knowing the problem gave some relief (I switched back to arial for the header, which I had to fix).

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Using CSS Reset will help to save fonts that look somewhat similar to a cross browser:

 /* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ v2.0 | 20110126 License: none (public domain) */ html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; font-size: 100%; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; } /* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */ article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section { display: block; } body { line-height: 1; } ol, ul { list-style: none; } blockquote, q { quotes: none; } blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after { content: ''; content: none; } table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }

This font problem is a known bug, I even experienced some inconsistency when using the code with this CSS reset. It basically resets CSS to get rid of differences in browser interpretations. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions! You can read more here: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/

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I suggest you use something less intrusive than Meyer reset, as it goes too far. Normalize.css is a good bet. http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/

  /*! normalize.css v2.0.1 | MIT License | git.io/normalize */ /* ========================================================================== HTML5 display definitions ========================================================================== */ /* * Corrects `block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */ article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section, summary { display: block; } /* * Corrects `inline-block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */ audio, canvas, video { display: inline-block; } /* * Prevents modern browsers from displaying `audio` without controls. * Remove excess height in iOS 5 devices. */ audio:not([controls]) { display: none; height: 0; } /* * Addresses styling for `hidden` attribute not present in IE 8/9. */ [hidden] { display: none; } /* ========================================================================== Base ========================================================================== */ /* * 1. Sets default font family to sans-serif. * 2. Prevents iOS text size adjust after orientation change, without disabling * user zoom. */ html { font-family: sans-serif; /* 1 */ -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ } /* * Removes default margin. */ body { margin: 0; } /* ========================================================================== Links ========================================================================== */ /* * Addresses `outline` inconsistency between Chrome and other browsers. */ a:focus { outline: thin dotted; } /* * Improves readability when focused and also mouse hovered in all browsers. */ a:active, a:hover { outline: 0; } /* ========================================================================== Typography ========================================================================== */ /* * Addresses `h1` font sizes within `section` and `article` in Firefox 4+, * Safari 5, and Chrome. */ h1 { font-size: 2em; } /* * Addresses styling not present in IE 8/9, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ abbr[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted; } /* * Addresses style set to `bolder` in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */ b, strong { font-weight: bold; } /* * Addresses styling not present in Safari 5 and Chrome. */ dfn { font-style: italic; } /* * Addresses styling not present in IE 8/9. */ mark { background: #ff0; color: #000; } /* * Corrects font family set oddly in Safari 5 and Chrome. */ code, kbd, pre, samp { font-family: monospace, serif; font-size: 1em; } /* * Improves readability of pre-formatted text in all browsers. */ pre { white-space: pre; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; } /* * Sets consistent quote types. */ q { quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019"; } /* * Addresses inconsistent and variable font size in all browsers. */ small { font-size: 80%; } /* * Prevents `sub` and `sup` affecting `line-height` in all browsers. */ sub, sup { font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; } sup { top: -0.5em; } sub { bottom: -0.25em; } /* ========================================================================== Embedded content ========================================================================== */ /* * Removes border when inside `a` element in IE 8/9. */ img { border: 0; } /* * Corrects overflow displayed oddly in IE 9. */ svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden; } /* ========================================================================== Figures ========================================================================== */ /* * Addresses margin not present in IE 8/9 and Safari 5. */ figure { margin: 0; } /* ========================================================================== Forms ========================================================================== */ /* * Define consistent border, margin, and padding. */ fieldset { border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; margin: 0 2px; padding: 0.35em 0.625em 0.75em; } /* * 1. Corrects color not being inherited in IE 8/9. * 2. Remove padding so people aren't caught out if they zero out fieldsets. */ legend { border: 0; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ } /* * 1. Corrects font family not being inherited in all browsers. * 2. Corrects font size not being inherited in all browsers. * 3. Addresses margins set differently in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome */ button, input, select, textarea { font-family: inherit; /* 1 */ font-size: 100%; /* 2 */ margin: 0; /* 3 */ } /* * Addresses Firefox 4+ setting `line-height` on `input` using `!important` in * the UA stylesheet. */ button, input { line-height: normal; } /* * 1. Avoid the WebKit bug in Android 4.0.* where (2) destroys native `audio` * and `video` controls. * 2. Corrects inability to style clickable `input` types in iOS. * 3. Improves usability and consistency of cursor style between image-type * `input` and others. */ button, html input[type="button"], /* 1 */ input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] { -webkit-appearance: button; /* 2 */ cursor: pointer; /* 3 */ } /* * Re-set default cursor for disabled elements. */ button[disabled], input[disabled] { cursor: default; } /* * 1. Addresses box sizing set to `content-box` in IE 8/9. * 2. Removes excess padding in IE 8/9. */ input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"] { box-sizing: border-box; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */ } /* * 1. Addresses `appearance` set to `searchfield` in Safari 5 and Chrome. * 2. Addresses `box-sizing` set to `border-box` in Safari 5 and Chrome * (include `-moz` to future-proof). */ input[type="search"] { -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */ -moz-box-sizing: content-box; -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */ box-sizing: content-box; } /* * Removes inner padding and search cancel button in Safari 5 and Chrome * on OS X. */ input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button, input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none; } /* * Removes inner padding and border in Firefox 4+. */ button::-moz-focus-inner, input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; padding: 0; } /* * 1. Removes default vertical scrollbar in IE 8/9. * 2. Improves readability and alignment in all browsers. */ textarea { overflow: auto; /* 1 */ vertical-align: top; /* 2 */ } /* ========================================================================== Tables ========================================================================== */ /* * Remove most spacing between table cells. */ table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }
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I had this problem using @ font-face with a font called "Liberal costume". I did not add any fields or additions to h1 and h2, but when I tested Chrome and Firefox for Windows, it displayed a large amount of extra space above the header. I fixed it by simply adding line-height: normal; in css.

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For me, converting using this: https://transfonter.org/ with the "Fix vertical metrics" option turned on solved my problem.

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