Why are my descenders being cut off when using CSS @font-face?
I'm using the Google webfonts API to embed Droid Sans on a page. All is fine, except for the descenders (i.e. the dangly bits on y, g, etc). The latest versions of Firefox, IE and Chrome on my Windows Vista box are all cutting the bottom off.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Droid sans descender test</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Sans:regular,bold" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">
body { font-size: 16px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; }
h1, h2, h3 { margin: 1em 0; font-weight: normal; }
h1 { font-size: 2em; }
h2 { font-size: 1.5em; }
h3 { font-size: 1em; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>A bug ran under the carpet anyway</h1>
<h2>A bug ran under the carpet anyway</h2>
<h3>A bug ran under the carpet anyway</h3>
</body>
</html>
The above code looks like this:
(source: thinkdrastic.net)
I've tried line-height, font-size, padding etc to no avail. I had some success with font-size-adjust, but the last time I checked it was Gecko only. Does anybody know of a fix for this?
Answer
With some help from @adamliptrot, I discovered that Droid Sans' descenders are absolutely fine at a few precise pixel sizes: 18, 22 and 27px. I adjusted my em's accordingly:
h1 { font-size: 1.6875em; }
h2 { font-size: 1.375em; }
h3 { font-size: 1.125em; }
Not ideal, but it works:
(source: thinkdrastic.net)
