The Acid2 test requires that the page be able to set font and font size. As such the test won't work if you're overriding page-defined font and size settings with your own. That's not a problem with the browser, it's a problem with lack of information on the test page.
In the case of iCab you need to ensure that 'Page sets font' and 'Page sets font size' are ticked in Prefs: Page Display, and that the Min Size setting in Prefs: Fonts & Language is set to 12 or less (the Min Size setting sets a minimum font size which overrides smaller page-set values even when 'Page sets font size' is enabled.
The version of iCab currently available for download ie. version 2.9.8, is pretty old now. Version 3.0 has been worked on by the developer for a long time, and betas have been available to paid-up users since the tail end of 2004. Unfortunately this means most people's impression of iCab is based on a version with very outdated CSS support. This will change with the public beta release.
Well, iCab was the first in an actual released version. Albeit many people won't have had the opportunity to try it out, as the released version in question was an iCab 3.0 beta (actually, several betas ago now) which was only available to paid-up users. However, a public beta release is now imminent, so all Mac users (from those still running Mac OS 8.5 all the way through to those using Mac OS X Tiger) will be able to try it out for free. The final release of iCab 3.0 will be available in free and pay versions. Meanwhile, as I understand it the latest release version of Safari still doesn't pass Acid2.
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Just to follow up on this, the public beta release of iCab 3.0 is now available, for both Mac OS 8.5-9.2.2 and Mac OS X:
http://www.icab.de/dl.php
The Acid2 test requires that the page be able to set font and font size. As such the test won't work if you're overriding page-defined font and size settings with your own. That's not a problem with the browser, it's a problem with lack of information on the test page.
In the case of iCab you need to ensure that 'Page sets font' and 'Page sets font size' are ticked in Prefs: Page Display, and that the Min Size setting in Prefs: Fonts & Language is set to 12 or less (the Min Size setting sets a minimum font size which overrides smaller page-set values even when 'Page sets font size' is enabled.
The version of iCab currently available for download ie. version 2.9.8, is pretty old now. Version 3.0 has been worked on by the developer for a long time, and betas have been available to paid-up users since the tail end of 2004. Unfortunately this means most people's impression of iCab is based on a version with very outdated CSS support. This will change with the public beta release.
Well, iCab was the first in an actual released version. Albeit many people won't have had the opportunity to try it out, as the released version in question was an iCab 3.0 beta (actually, several betas ago now) which was only available to paid-up users. However, a public beta release is now imminent, so all Mac users (from those still running Mac OS 8.5 all the way through to those using Mac OS X Tiger) will be able to try it out for free. The final release of iCab 3.0 will be available in free and pay versions. Meanwhile, as I understand it the latest release version of Safari still doesn't pass Acid2.