playcanvas / playcanvas/engine

Font rendering regression

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Since Sep 5, 2026.

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Description

I remember using Roboto font previously and it was ok. It is now showing with artifacts.

Screen space text element with Roboto Regular font. Notice the holes in "e" letter:

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I don't know when it started appearing. I can't go lower than 2.20.3, which seems to have broken loading older versions (js/mjs).

?use_local_engine=https://code.playcanvas.com/playcanvas-2.20.3.mjs

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