c08c78c fix(@angular-devkit/build-angular): inlining of fonts results in jagged fonts for Windows users

Author: Angular Builds

package.json

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular-devkit/build-angular",
-  "version": "17.0.6+sha-3df3e58",
+  "version": "17.0.6+sha-c08c78c",
   "description": "Angular Webpack Build Facade",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "typings": "src/index.d.ts",
   "builders": "builders.json",
   "dependencies": {
     "@ampproject/remapping": "2.2.1",
-    "@angular-devkit/architect": "github:angular/angular-devkit-architect-builds#3df3e58",
-    "@angular-devkit/build-webpack": "github:angular/angular-devkit-build-webpack-builds#3df3e58",
-    "@angular-devkit/core": "github:angular/angular-devkit-core-builds#3df3e58",
+    "@angular-devkit/architect": "github:angular/angular-devkit-architect-builds#c08c78c",
+    "@angular-devkit/build-webpack": "github:angular/angular-devkit-build-webpack-builds#c08c78c",
+    "@angular-devkit/core": "github:angular/angular-devkit-core-builds#c08c78c",
     "@babel/core": "7.23.2",
     "@babel/generator": "7.23.0",
     "@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure": "7.22.5",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.23.2",
     "@babel/runtime": "7.23.2",
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": "0.5.7",
-    "@ngtools/webpack": "github:angular/ngtools-webpack-builds#3df3e58",
+    "@ngtools/webpack": "github:angular/ngtools-webpack-builds#c08c78c",
     "@vitejs/plugin-basic-ssl": "1.0.1",
     "ansi-colors": "4.1.3",
     "autoprefixer": "10.4.16",

src/utils/index-file/inline-fonts.js

@@ -195,7 +195,16 @@ class InlineFontsProcessor {
                 .get(url, {
                 agent,
                 headers: {
-                    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.121 Safari/537.36',
+                    /**
+                     * Always use a Windows UA. This is because Google fonts will including hinting in fonts for Windows.
+                     * Hinting is a technique used with Windows files to improve appearance however
+                     * results in 20-50% larger file sizes.
+                     *
+                     * @see http://google3/java/com/google/fonts/css/OpenSansWebFontsCssBuilder.java?l=22
+                     * @see https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/hinting (short)
+                     * @see https://glyphsapp.com/learn/hinting-manual-truetype-hinting (deep dive)
+                     */
+                    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
                 },
             }, (res) => {
                 if (res.statusCode !== 200) {

uniqueId

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fri Dec 08 2023 15:29:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
+Sat Dec 09 2023 07:01:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)