#22952: Tor Browser Arabic Fonts Issue ! --------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Reporter: sigma4111 | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: needs_information Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: tbb-fingerprinting-fonts | Actual Points: Parent ID: #18097 | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Changes (by dcf):
* cc: dcf (added) Comment: Replying to [comment:11 sigma4111]: > Hi. I tried so many Arabic fonts in previous hrs. > > Unfortuantly, I think that we can not fix this issue. The cause is the following: there are so many Arabic fonts (1000s) but unfortuantly most of them are decorated ! This mean that most of them are useless to our issue because they make it more un-approperiat. Also, the convenent Arabic fonts that can make display of site O.K are the following: > > - Arial (default fonts used by site itself = it's real font) > > - Time new roman > > - Arabic transparent > > - Simplified Arabic > > All of above 4 fonts are not free in terms that needed so as to be included in Tor !! I want to thank you for taking the time to test so many fonts. How about the fonts at https://ar.wikipedia.org/, are they they same (bad) as on your sample page? Or does it look okay? Wikipedia also seems to be using `font-family: sans-serif, Arial`. I wonder, is it a difference between Naskh and Kufi scripts? To me, the Kufi version looks more "sans-serif" (perhaps a better match for Arial). * [https://www.google.com/get/noto/#naskh-arab Noto Naskh Arabic] [[Image(https://noto-website.storage.googleapis.com/samples/naskh- arab_ar-Arab_400_normal.svg,width=100%)]] * [https://www.google.com/get/noto/#kufi-arab Noto Kufi Arabic] [[Image(https://noto-website.storage.googleapis.com/samples/kufi- arab_ar-Arab_400_normal.svg,width=100%)]] Tor Browser contains NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf but not NotoKufiArabic- Regular.ttf. If it really makes pages look better, we could consider adding NotoKufiArabic-Regular.ttf. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22952#comment:13> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs