Closed Bug 390903 Opened 17 years ago Closed 15 years ago

When Simplified Chinese fonts mixed with English fonts, Simplified Chinese fonts looks ugly(size less than the same page in IE)

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
2.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: zhongwm, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-CN; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-CN; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6

When Simplified Chinese fonts mixed with English fonts, Simplified Chinese fonts looks ugly(size less than the same page in IE)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open http://wiki.javascud.org/dashboard.action in your windows xp simplified chinese edition with Firefox 2.0.6
2.open http://wiki.javascud.org/dashboard.action in your windows xp simplified chinese edition with IE6.0
3.check chinese fonts in these tow browsers, the size are not same, and it's much more ugly in Firefox than in IE.
Actual Results:  
the size is not the same, and it's much more ugly in Firefox than in IE.

Expected Results:  
the size be same to that in IE.

none.
Severity: normal → major
Component: Disability Access → General
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
QA Contact: disability.access → general
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5

I would like to second this bug. Another good page that demonstrates the problem is news.google.com when you add a Chinese news source to the default page:
    http://news.google.com/news?ned=:ePkh8BM9E-ID2iHFWpWhGxKuxFSCbB2LEFNqDtzSVLjNuTD7frEBFfxiY83JT04E0sxFqckANWkRIg

I have played with the minimum font sizes but it doesn't seem to make a difference. The fonts remain small and frequently illegible.
This bug was reported using a version of Firefox that security and stability updates are no longer provided for.  All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3 by selecting 'Check for Updates' in the Help menu or by going to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html

If you can no longer reproduce this bug using the latest Firefox 3.0.x version, please change the status of this bug to 'RESOLVED' 'WORKSFORME'.

If you can still reproduce this bug, please provide additional details to help resolve this issue.
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please reply if you can still reproduce this bug with Firefox 3.5.3 or later in a new profile with the latest plugins (flash, quicktime, java, etc.).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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