Closed Bug 1396731 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Make the default font size for zh same as other languages

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(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, enhancement)

Unspecified
macOS
enhancement
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normal

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla57
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- fixed

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(Reporter: kevin.hsieh, Assigned: kevin.hsieh)

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The default font size for zh on macOS is 15 but it is 16 for other languages.

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/04bee69b3274bd8d5cf52d54a0a5cc14dbe8693a/modules/libpref/init/all.js#4095-4097

Per discussion in Bug 1391341, this default value does not manifest itself prominently in Gecko because of the way Gecko inherits font size. But it does in Stylo, and it's causing a permafail in Bug 1396411. We should probably change the default font size for zh so that the testcases in Bug 1391341 and Bug 1394762 render the same in Gecko and Stylo, though Gecko and Stylo will be doing different things internally.
Is there a particular reason the default font size should be set to 15, or can we safely remove that?
Flags: needinfo?(jfkthame)
It looks like this was originally done in bug 143557 as a workaround for text measurement issues we were having with old QuickDraw-based code on early OS X versions, and it has just lingered ever since (although we have long ago moved on from those ancient APIs).

As such, I expect we can safely remove the custom font size setting. This may affect some Chinese sites (where the font size isn't explicitly overridden by anything else), but I doubt it will be a problem.
Flags: needinfo?(jfkthame)
Assignee: nobody → kevin.hsieh
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Comment on attachment 8904634 [details]
Bug 1396731 - Make the default font size for zh same as other languages.

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/176450/#review181400

As noted above, I think this should be fine, but let's ask Xidorn -- as someone who actually reads Chinese :) and can more meaningfully comment on how it looks -- to confirm whether it's OK.
Attachment #8904634 - Flags: review?(jfkthame) → review?(xidorn+moz)
Comment on attachment 8904634 [details]
Bug 1396731 - Make the default font size for zh same as other languages.

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/176450/#review181400

If this is the reason for asking me to review... I think we should just proceed with this, and see if there is any incoming bug report related. I myself would set the pref on my Firefox and see whether it becomes a problem anywhere.
Comment on attachment 8904634 [details]
Bug 1396731 - Make the default font size for zh same as other languages.

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/176450/#review181554
Attachment #8904634 - Flags: review?(xidorn+moz) → review+
Keywords: checkin-needed
Pushed by ryanvm@gmail.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/ffbd69cdade3
Make the default font size for zh same as other languages. r=xidorn
Keywords: checkin-needed
It appears that the fix causes a couple unexpected passes on tests that are marked as failing in stylo (precisely because of this bug). Revising test expectations.
Attachment #8904793 - Flags: review?(xidorn+moz)
Attachment #8904793 - Flags: review?(xidorn+moz) → review+
Keywords: checkin-needed
Pushed by ryanvm@gmail.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/4132428cf77c
Update stylo test expectations. r=xidorn
Keywords: checkin-needed
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/ffbd69cdade3
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/4132428cf77c
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla57
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