Closed
Bug 675153
Opened 13 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
the new bmo font stack may look too heavy on some linux distros where segoe has been installed
Categories
(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: User Interface, defect)
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RESOLVED
FIXED
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(Reporter: glob, Assigned: glob)
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LpSolit has strongly complained that the new bmo font stack looks too heavy on his linux system (see attached). he's running "mageia 1" which includes the "segoe ui" face ("segoe ui" isn't bundled with other distros, such as fedora). i may be worth seeing if there's a linux-only face which could be used in place of segoe.
as a point of comparison, here's how the same face is rendered on windows.
segoe isn't a free font (see http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=331), so i doubt it's bundled with mageia. it's most likely megeia (or mandriva) have a font definition mapping it to another font (which doesn't look as good).
Comment 3•13 years ago
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Linux is able to import fonts from Windows when you have a dual boot. Mageia and Mandriva didn't ship Segoe.
Severity: normal → minor
OS: Windows 7 → Linux
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Summary: the new bmo font stack may look too heavy on some linux distros → the new bmo font stack may look too heavy on some linux distros where segoe has been installed
Comment 4•13 years ago
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For those who, like me, dislike the new fonts, here is how to revert to the old settings. Edit (or create) .mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/chrome/userContent.css and add: A) if you use the Classic skin: @-moz-document url-prefix(https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/) { body, td, th, input { font-family: Verdana, sans-serif !important; } } B) if you use the Dusk skin: @-moz-document url-prefix(https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/) { body { font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif !important; } td, th, input { font-family: Verdana, sans-serif !important; } }
we may be better off switching to a simpler helvetica based stack, such as: "Helvetica Neue", "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, sans-serif coverage: win mac linux Helvetica Neue 1.68% 97.45% 0.00% Nimbus Sans L 0.00% 0.00% 97.33% Arial 98.04% 2.51% 1.91%
switching to helvetica/ariel really highlights the mixed weights bugzilla is using for its labels. we have: <td><b> (weight 900) <th><label> (weight 700) <td><label><b> (weight 900) the standard weight is 400.
i can't fix this on the default skin until the label weights have been fixed (raised as bug 675171); so i'm going to revert the new fonts, and instead add them as alternative dusk skins.
Assignee: nobody → glob
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Committing to: bzr+ssh://bjones%40mozilla.com@bzr.mozilla.org/bmo/4.0/ added skins/contrib/Dusk-Helvetica added skins/contrib/Dusk-Segoe modified skins/contrib/Dusk/global.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Helvetica/buglist.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Helvetica/global.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Helvetica/index.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Segoe/buglist.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Segoe/global.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Segoe/index.css added skins/contrib/Dusk-Segoe/show_bug.css modified skins/custom/show_bug.css modified skins/standard/global.css Committed revision 7814. waiting for push now.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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