Mac OS X 10.11.4: System sans-serif font renders U+2606 and U+2605 at different sizes

Originator:tomwinzig
Number:rdar://25458284 Date Originated:30-Mar-2016 10:13 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:OS X Product Version:Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
While working on a project, I accidentally discovered that "white star" (☆ unicode U+2606) and "black star" (★ unicode U+2605) have what I believe is a bug: when rendered with the `sans-serif` font-family, they are different sizes.

See https://jsfiddle.net/oadj0Lkd/ (screenshot attached)

I verified that this issue did not exist on previous versions of OS X.

My guess is that this is related to the system-wide change to San Francisco, but I’ll let you guys figure it out.

Comments

Maybe with new user account test?

By pookiertui at April 1, 2016, 11:36 a.m. (reply...)

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