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Roboto - greek letter μ is short on smaller, even px sizes.

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Description

**Describe the bug**

Happens to me only using google fonts and only at 12px, 14px and 16px. Using my local font renders correctly. Additionally, if I zoom the page the problem goes away which tells me it's a rasterization problem.

**To Reproduce**

Type anything that contains the greek letter μ. You can copy `συμπλ` for convenience.

**Expected behavior**

Well, I expect to render the letter μ in the correct height, like my local font does.

**Screenshots**

**Left is always my local roboto font, right is always the one from google fonts**

Comparison between local and google font of letter `μ` - one is clearly smaller
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/752ceed1-9401-4511-8bcb-63d6721bc7ea)

Comparison between local and google font of letter `σ` - they look almost the same
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6e82811e-cc8f-4fe8-a303-ba857ce98ec5)

Comparison between local and google font of text `συμπλ`
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9116189a-82e1-4187-ada4-9c53b9c97c5c)

Same as above, 5x zoomed
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/387fb82e-86d4-4c1b-b8ac-5a0984117733)

**Additional context**

I'm using Windows 11, screen resolution is 2560x1440, I've tried it in Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox.

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