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On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:03:06 +0100 |
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Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 01 Jun 2016 16:31:30 Holger Hoffstätte wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:02:24 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > >> Do you use NoScript? If yes, does it allow webfonts? |
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> > > |
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> > > I should have said that the only extra I have is AdBlock Plus. |
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> > > Disabling it makes no difference. And your hint reminded me to |
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> > > install YesScript, which also makes no difference. |
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> > |
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> > Check: |
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> > |
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> > Preferences -> Content -> Fonts: |
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> > "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections |
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> > above" |
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> Well I'm damned (again). I had that disabled in an attempt to prevent |
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> sites from showing their text in pale grey, which is only any good if |
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> your eyes are many years younger than mine. It doesn't work though. |
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> And now you prompt me to look at colours in preferences | content. |
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> Just the ticket. |
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> > If you want to toggle between sane (i.e. your) fonts and random web |
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> > crap you can install the "Document Font Toggle" extension. |
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> Thank you Holger. I shall make good use of it. |
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FWIW, most of these problems went away for me with Fx 41, and I don't |
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know if the fix went into Fx 38 or not. The bug was |
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<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789788>, and comment 143 |
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summarizes what they ended up doing. |
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