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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Symbols missing from Firefox
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:12:23
Message-Id: 2944269.4531j4E5kC@peak
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Symbols missing from Firefox by "»Q«"
1 On Thursday 02 Jun 2016 12:08:22 »Q« wrote:
2 > On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:03:06 +0100
3 >
4 > Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 > > On Wednesday 01 Jun 2016 16:31:30 Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
6 > > > On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:02:24 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
7 > > > >> Do you use NoScript? If yes, does it allow webfonts?
8 > > > >
9 > > > > I should have said that the only extra I have is AdBlock Plus.
10 > > > > Disabling it makes no difference. And your hint reminded me to
11 > > > > install YesScript, which also makes no difference.
12 > > >
13 > > > Check:
14 > > >
15 > > > Preferences -> Content -> Fonts:
16 > > > "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections
17 > > > above"
18 > >
19 > > Well I'm damned (again). I had that disabled in an attempt to prevent
20 > > sites from showing their text in pale grey, which is only any good if
21 > > your eyes are many years younger than mine. It doesn't work though.
22 > > And now you prompt me to look at colours in preferences | content.
23 > > Just the ticket.
24 > >
25 > > > If you want to toggle between sane (i.e. your) fonts and random web
26 > > > crap you can install the "Document Font Toggle" extension.
27 > >
28 > > Thank you Holger. I shall make good use of it.
29 >
30 > FWIW, most of these problems went away for me with Fx 41, and I don't
31 > know if the fix went into Fx 38 or not.
32
33 I can't tell either from what I can see.
34
35 > The bug was <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789788>, and
36 > comment 143 summarizes what they ended up doing.
37
38 Interesting - thanks.
39
40 --
41 Rgds
42 Peter