1427689 - [The verge] Characters are overlapping the content in some of the review pages

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1376061

(Core :: Layout: Text and Fonts, defect)

Description

[Anca Soncutean, Desktop QA]

Attachment: review page- firefox vs chrome

[Affected versions]:
- 57.0.3
- 58.0b13
- 59.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
- Win 10 x64
- Mac OS X 10.11
- Ubuntu 14.04 x32

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Go to https://www.theverge.com/
2. Choose the headphones option from the Reviews drop down menu
3. Click on the Libratone's 'Made for Google' headphones review: a very mixed bag
4. Scroll down and observe the big pink letters on the beginning of some paragraph

Website sample: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16703912/libratone-qadapt-made-for-google-headphones-noise-canceling

[Expected result]:
- The characters are not overlapping the content 

[Actual result]:
- The characters are overlapping the content

[Regression range]:
- This is not a regression, the form of the characters are different starting with 2014-01-25, but even before that, their still overlapped the content. 

[Additional notes]:
- This issue is present on every review page that contains these kind of presentation (see screenshoot).

Comment 1

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

Firefox and Chrome handle floated first-letter differently; see bug 1376061.