89783 - [HELP]Using Microsoft TrueType Fonts in Linux causes major layout glitches

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P1)

Description

[Xan Lopez]

Using Mozilla 2001070710 Linux build.

Right info boxes should be vertically aligned and with the same width.
But login box is too big (this is a common bug with every input field, try
google.com,
search field is too big, compare with Mozilla 0.9.1 for example), and content boxes
are missplaced (should be right justified).

See my attachment below for a screenshot.

Comment 1

[Xan Lopez]

Attachment: Slashdot screenshot showing size and position problems

Comment 2

[Alvaro Munoz-Aycuens]

On macos 8.6 and Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:0.9.2+) Gecko/20010707,
the input boxes are bigger than expected, the rest of the objects on the page
are in the same place as it looks with IE 5 on mac.

Comment 3

[Xan Lopez]

I've found the problem. Using Microsoft TrueType fonts with Mozilla makes some
pages look very bad (as the screenshot
shows), please, anyone in Linux could confirm it? I'm using Microsoft Verdana font. 

Comment 4

[Xan Lopez]

The problem is exactly in the Monospace field. Using a Microsoft trueType font
there is what makes some pages (input fields, text boxes and so) look bad.

Comment 5

[Michael Hendy (Hendikins)]

I think the problem is probably with the font conversion process itself, because 
I have problems with MS fonts in other Linux applications too. I could be wrong 
though...

Comment 6

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

->HTML Form controls, since it seems like an input sizing issue

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

*** Bug 90978 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[gavin long]

*** Bug 95054 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[Keyser Sose]

*** Bug 95733 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[rods (gone)]

I will ned some help with this

Comment 11

[Dave]

This appears to be fixed on 2001110908/Linux. I'm no longer seeing stretching of
the login box on slashdot.

Comment 12

[Xan Lopez]

I agree, I can't see this anymore with the fonts installed on my system. But
[e-mail] recently modified Target Milestone and Title, so I suppose
he's still seeing it... anyway, WFM.

Comment 13

[rods (gone)]

No, I an unable to test it at this time. So I don't nkow what is going on with 
it. MPer other comments, marking WFM