[tbb-bugs] #17661 [Tor Browser]: Mac OS: whitelist the font .Helvetica Neue DeskInterface

Mon Nov 23 21:56:22 UTC 2015

#17661: Mac OS: whitelist the font .Helvetica Neue DeskInterface
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 Reporter:  mcs                            |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                    |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-5.5, TorBrowserTeam201511  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:5 arthuredelstein]:
 > For Firefox 38.0, I often use the two Firefox addons, DOM Inspector and
 Element Inspector. Then you can shift+right-click on the button and it
 opens a window showing information about the button. Then under the
 menubar, choose View > Object Viewer > Used Font Faces.

 Thanks. Testing with the Page Info dialog (which has a "Save As..." button
 on the "Media" tab), Kathy and I had to "walk up the tree" a little before
 anything was displayed in the "Object - Used Font Faces" area. When we get
 to the grandparent element (an hbox), the Used Font Faces area shows
 "Helvetica". I am not sure why that font is selected, but I guess some
 code is substituting plain "Helvetica" for ".Helvetica Neue
 DeskInterface". I do not know if that is expected or not.

 It seems like Helvetica just looks bad in some situations. When we add
 style="font-face: Helvetica" via DOM Inspector in Firefox 43 beta and see
 the same rendering problem. If we add style="font-face: Lucida Grande" it
 looks fine. How difficult is it to control which font is substituted when
 a font is not available?

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