[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1874842] Re: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox
A detailed description of the problem: https://nolanlawson.com/2020/05/02/customizing-fonts-in-firefox-on-linux/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874842 Title: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in fonts-urw-base35 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The problem: When using Mozilla Firefox 75.0 on Xubuntu 20.04 to view some sites such as Facebook or GitHub some fonts such as Nimbus Sans from fonts-urw-base35 package substituting Helvetica are not being displayed correctly. There would be gap below the text including the affected font, while using the original font should be no such gap. If the affected font were included in font family and sans-serif were one of the next, it would be marked no matter if fonts before it would be installed and working correctly. The expected result: The pages with currently affected fonts would be displayed correctly, substituted fonts not being distorted and/or alternative font package(s) were available to replace such fonts. --- Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets about:config preference to true, create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Liberation sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Regular'); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Italic'); font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Bold'); font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Bold Italic'); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } Test on any page that includes the Helvetica font Tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS upgraded from 18.04 LTS, Firefox 75.0 (75.0+build3-0ubuntu1, amd64), also tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Live DVD, same results. Also tested Tested Arial, Nimbus Sans L, Noto Sans fonts for Helvetica replacement, Arial looks very similar to Liberation Sans (which looks best so far to me) --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 24 18:29:17 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile3Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile3PrefSources: prefs.js Profile3Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile4Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Plugins: Shockwave Flash -
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1874842] Re: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: fonts-urw-base35 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874842 Title: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in fonts-urw-base35 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The problem: When using Mozilla Firefox 75.0 on Xubuntu 20.04 to view some sites such as Facebook or GitHub some fonts such as Nimbus Sans from fonts-urw-base35 package substituting Helvetica are not being displayed correctly. There would be gap below the text including the affected font, while using the original font should be no such gap. If the affected font were included in font family and sans-serif were one of the next, it would be marked no matter if fonts before it would be installed and working correctly. The expected result: The pages with currently affected fonts would be displayed correctly, substituted fonts not being distorted and/or alternative font package(s) were available to replace such fonts. --- Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets about:config preference to true, create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Liberation sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Regular'); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Italic'); font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Bold'); font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Liberation Sans Bold Italic'); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } Test on any page that includes the Helvetica font Tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS upgraded from 18.04 LTS, Firefox 75.0 (75.0+build3-0ubuntu1, amd64), also tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Live DVD, same results. Also tested Tested Arial, Nimbus Sans L, Noto Sans fonts for Helvetica replacement, Arial looks very similar to Liberation Sans (which looks best so far to me) --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 24 18:29:17 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile3Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile3PrefSources: prefs.js Profile3Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile4Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Plugins: Shockwave Flash -
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1874842] Re: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox
** Description changed: The problem: When using Mozilla Firefox 75.0 on Xubuntu 20.04 to view some sites such as Facebook or GitHub some fonts such as Nimbus Sans from fonts-urw-base35 package substituting Helvetica are not being displayed correctly. There would be gap below the text including the affected font, while using the original font should be no such gap. If the affected font were included in font family and sans-serif were one of the next, it would be marked no matter if fonts before it would be installed and working correctly. The expected result: The pages with currently affected fonts would be displayed correctly, substituted fonts not being distorted and/or alternative font package(s) were available to replace such fonts. --- - Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets about:config preference to true, create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Noto sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. + Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets about:config preference to true, create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Liberation sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. @font-face { - font-family: Helvetica; - src: local('Noto Sans Regular'); - font-weight: normal; - font-style: normal; + font-family: Helvetica; + src: local('Liberation Sans Regular'); + font-weight: normal; + font-style: normal; } @font-face { - font-family: Helvetica; - src: local('Noto Sans Italic'); - font-weight: normal; - font-style: italic; + font-family: Helvetica; + src: local('Liberation Sans Italic'); + font-weight: normal; + font-style: italic; } @font-face { - font-family: Helvetica; - src: local('Noto Sans Bold'); - font-weight: bold; - font-style: normal; + font-family: Helvetica; + src: local('Liberation Sans Bold'); + font-weight: bold; + font-style: normal; } @font-face { - font-family: Helvetica; - src: local('Noto Sans Bold Italic'); - font-weight: bold; - font-style: italic; + font-family: Helvetica; + src: local('Liberation Sans Bold Italic'); + font-weight: bold; + font-style: italic; } Test on any page that includes the Helvetica font - Tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS upgraded from 18.04 LTS, Firefox 75.0 (75.0+build3-0ubuntu1, amd64), also tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Live DVD, same results + Tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS upgraded from 18.04 LTS, Firefox 75.0 (75.0+build3-0ubuntu1, amd64), also tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Live DVD, same results. Also tested Tested Arial, Nimbus Sans L, Noto Sans fonts for Helvetica replacement, Arial looks very similar to Liberation Sans (which looks best so far to me) --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 24 18:29:17 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile3Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1874842] Re: Nimbus Sans font substituting Helvetica is not being displayed correctly while using Mozilla Firefox
** Description changed: The problem: When using Mozilla Firefox 75.0 on Xubuntu 20.04 to view some sites such as Facebook or GitHub some fonts such as Nimbus Sans from fonts-urw-base35 package substituting Helvetica are not being displayed correctly. There would be gap below the text including the affected font, while using the original font should be no such gap. If the affected font were included in font family and sans-serif were one of the next, it would be marked no matter if fonts before it would be installed and working correctly. The expected result: The pages with currently affected fonts would be displayed correctly, substituted fonts not being distorted and/or alternative font package(s) were available to replace such fonts. --- - Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Noto sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. + Workaround for bad substitute for Helvetica: Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets about:config preference to true, create chrome/userContent.css if not exist & add css from below to replace Helvetica with Noto sans. Restart the browser for changes to take effect. @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Noto Sans Regular'); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Noto Sans Italic'); font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Noto Sans Bold'); font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: Helvetica; src: local('Noto Sans Bold Italic'); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } Test on any page that includes the Helvetica font Tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS upgraded from 18.04 LTS, Firefox 75.0 (75.0+build3-0ubuntu1, amd64), also tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Live DVD, same results --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 24 18:29:17 2020 DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile2PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile3Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile3PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile3PrefSources: prefs.js Profile3Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile4Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile4Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so (adobe-flashplugin) Profile4PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 Profile4PrefSources: prefs.js Profile4Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile5Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile5IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) Profile5Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Profile5PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @