Open Bug 1946691 Opened 1 month ago Updated 1 month ago

www.youtube.com - Japanese characters have different font

Categories

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect, P3)

Product:
Web Compatibility
Component:
Site Reports
Platform:
Desktop
Windows 10
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Webcompat Priority:P3, Webcompat Score:3)

Project Flags:
Webcompat Priority P3
Webcompat Score 3

People

(Reporter: ctanase, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: webcompat:needs-diagnosis, webcompat:site-report, Whiteboard: [webcompat-source:web-bugs][webcompat:sightline])

User Story

platform:windows,mac,linux,android
impact:minor-visual
configuration:general
affects:all
branch:release
diagnosis-team:layout
user-impact-score:30

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Environment:
Operating system: Linux/Windows 10
Firefox version: Firefox 134.0/135/137

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85lZOXbt18
  2. Observe the font in the video title.

Expected Behavior:
The font is the same as on Chrome.

Actual Behavior:
The font is different.

Notes:

  • Reproduces regardless of the status of ETP
  • Reproduces in firefox-nightly, and firefox-release
  • Does not reproduce in chrome

Created from https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/147799

Whiteboard: [webcompat-source:web-bugs] → [webcompat-source:web-bugs][webcompat:sightline]
Attached image Linux FF vs Chrome.png —

It is more noticeable on Linux. Some kanji characters as the original reporter stated on the github report, look different. For example "誤", on Firefox (Linux) it looks very similar to "Noto Sans Simplified Chinese" whereas on Chrome (Linux) it looks like "Noto Sans Japanese".

Severity: -- → S4
User Story: (updated)
Webcompat Priority: --- → P3
Webcompat Score: --- → 3
Keywords: webcompat:needs-diagnosis
Priority: -- → P3

I reported this on the forum first as this site recommends but I'm guessing it's not monitored?

Copying that info here:

As of today (?), on certain websites, such as Reddit, or on certain elements of some websites, such as text on Google Search's accordion components, Japanese text is suddenly being rendered in Chinese (see images). I have seen reports about this by other users (on Reddit).

This is fixed if ja under font.cjk_pref_fallback_order is moved to the front. However, I found a comment on Bugzilla stating that the font.cjk_pref_fallback_order setting is only honored if Firefox can't determine system font preferences, but about:support lists my locales as ["en-AU","ja-JP"].

This might seem like a trivial issue but the differences in font are extremely noticeable for someone who can read Japanese and makes reading harder.

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