1516817 - Hebrew text is displayed in a serif font by default

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[katzelad]

Attachment: Screenshot_20181230-013705.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0

Steps to reproduce:

Running FF 64 on Android 9.0 (Pie), go to one of many Hebrew language websites (for instance, ynet.co.il)


Actual results:

The text is displayed in an unusual serif font (see attached screenshot)


Expected results:

The text should be displayed in a sans-serif font (Arial).

Comment 1

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

Attachment: Screenshot_20181231-131618.png

Hello,

I was not able to reproduce the issue. Furthermore, there was no difference between Firefox and Chrome on the URL provided by you (https://m.ynet.co.il/8). 
Tested with Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 8) and Google Pixel (Android 9) - I`ve attached a screenshot taken with Pixel.

Could you provide us another page on which you find the issue?

Thank you for your report!

Comment 2

[katzelad]

Attachment: tapuz.co.il.png

Comment 3

[katzelad]

Attachment: he.wikipedia.org.png

Comment 4

[katzelad]

Hi,
I failed to mention I am using a Nokia 6.1 Plus.
Also, additional example are attached (he.wikipedia.org and tapuz.co.il).
Thanks

Comment 5

[katzelad]

Attachment: tapuz.co.il.jpg

Comment 6

[Diana Rus]

Hi,

I did not manage to reproduce the issue, tested on all the provided sites with the following

Environment
Device: Sony Xperia Z5, Android (7.0)
Builds: Nightly Release 68.0a1 (2019-04-17), Beta 67.0b11 and Release 66.0.2

Are you still encountering this issue? Have you tried with the latest versions?

Thank you,
Diana

Comment 7

[katzelad]

Yes, I am using 66.0.2 and the issue is still present.
You can try reproducing it on Android 9.
Thanks

Comment 8

[Diana Rus]

Hi,

Retested the issue on

Environment
Device: Google Pixel 3 XL, Android (9.0.0)
Builds: Nightly Release 68.0a1 (2019-04-17), Beta 67.0b11 and Release 66.0.2

The issue is reproducible for Release(the version available in the store) only, for the other two it does not, so with a future update the issue should be solved.

If you want a faster update please use link, for Beta version: http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/candidates/67.0b11-candidates/build1/

Or the last available version, for Nightly: http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-android-api-16/en-US/

I will mark the issue as resolved fixed, but if the issue still occurs on the newer versions please reopen the issue.

Thank you,
Diana Rus