306761 - text rendering differences between Windows 2000 and Fedora Core 3 Linux

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Wiktowy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

In W2k, this URL properly shows fixed width fonts (Courier New) for the
partition table layout while viewing the same page in Fedora Core 3, the fonts
are switched to proportional.

Switching to the "No Style" in View -> Page Style does render things properly
but causes other problems with Radial Menu right click extention which I will
report to the upstream source since the normal right click seems to be OK.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050901 Firefox/1.6a1
ID:2005090108

Works for me. What is your monospaced font set as in Firefox's config?

Comment 2

[Michael Wiktowy]

In the Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Fonts and Colors, the Monospace font is
set as "monospace". I don't recall ever changing this so it should be the
default. This is on my Linux box using FC3 (and after upgrading to FC4). I am
not in front of my W2k box to check its settings.

What should it be? Perhaps it is FC's fault if it is interpretting "monospace"
as some other proportional font.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.