518539 - Firefox 3.5.3 is adding 2pt sizes to the "default document font size" in google docs

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jon]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Firefox is not displaying or using the right font size in google docs, it is out by a factor of two points. It is not just a rendering issue, it is actually putting the wrong font in the google docs formating menu too. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open any google doc
2. Select Edit, Document Styles
3. Set font size to, say 10pt, and tick make default for any new doc
4. save and exit
5. Select New, Document
Actual Results:  
Font size for normal text is 12pt ... and it says 12 pt on the tool bar

Expected Results:  
Font size for normal text is 10pt and it should say 10 pt in the tool bar

Likewise if you set default to 8pt you get 10 pt text when you open a new document.

Works fine in IE and Chrome.

Even if you work around by undersizing the font, this makes it too small for collaborators who are using the other browsers because they see it at the real font size (ie really 8 pt)

Comment 1

[Jon]

Attachment: Sreenshot of gdocs font problem with ff3.5.3

Note the difference in font selected and actual font on the tool bar above it

Comment 2

[Kenneth Youens]

I have a similar problem, which I think is a closely related (if not the same) bug.  When I open a new Google document, the font size is 18 point regardless of what size I have set as the document default.  The font size also switches back to 18-point after a double carriage-return.  

Like Jon, I can confirm that the issue is not present in Chromium or Epiphany.

Comment 3

[Kenneth Youens]

I'm acutally using 3.5.5.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 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.