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Font Error

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 14:51
by The Baron
The new Firefox update has killed the Futurist Stencil (Palitoy) font in the archives. The Action Force Normal (Hasbro) font remains unaffected.

Apologies for the inconvenience. I have notified the Mozilla engineers.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 22:56
by The Baron
Is anybody else having this problem? Firefox support say it is working properly.

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/485872

Re: Font Error

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:20
by The Baron
I've narrowed the problem down to the new release Firefox 3.5.4, as you can 3.5.2 works fine.
OK, it's confirmed.

I completely uninstalled Firefox and manually deleted the Mozilla folders from C:\Users\Moderator\AppData\Local and C:\Users\Moderator\AppData\Roaming

I did a clean install of the new Firefox 3.5.4 and went directly to my homepage.

Here is a screenshot: http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/pix/3.5.4.jpg

I then uninstalled 3.5.4 and again manually deleted the core folders.

I then did a clean install of the Firefox 3.5.2 and went directly to my homepage.

Here is a screenshot: http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/pix/3.5.2.jpg

As you can see, the Futurist Stencil font displays in 3.5.2, but not 3.5.4.

At no point did I reinstall the font itself. There is a glitch in the new Firefox release.

I know it's just a silly little thing, but it is integral to my site.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:16
by Monkfish
I can confirm this happens on a Windows machine (XP).

I've just downloaded Firefox 3.5.4 on a Mac and the font works fine there. Worked in 3.5.3 too, so it seems to be OS specific.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:17
by The Baron
Monkfish wrote:I can confirm this happens on a Windows machine (XP).

I've just downloaded Firefox 3.5.4 on a Mac and the font works fine there. Worked in 3.5.3 too, so it seems to be OS specific.
Good to know, thankyou. The mod I'm chatting too says it wokrs fine with Linux as well.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 20:51
by The Baron
Having been completely ignored for four days I have no choice but to advise people to boycott the new Firefox. Maybe they'll pull their heads out of their asses and sort it out, but I am not optimistic. I have removed the Mozilla Firefox recommendation from the site Thanks page.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 21:01
by The Kraken Wakes
The Baron wrote:Having been completely ignored for four days I have no choice but to advise people to boycott the new Firefox. Maybe they'll pull their heads out of their asses and sort it out, but I am not optimistic. I have removed the Mozilla Firefox recommendation from the site Thanks page.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
Just as id switched from Chrome!

Re: Font Error

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 21:03
by The Baron
Please, add your voices to this thread: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/485872

Re: Font Error

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 21:15
by Monkfish
Sure, done.

Re: Font Error

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 21:24
by The Baron
Much appreciated, Monkfish, thankyou.