792370 - Reader Mode lacks proper italic and bold faces for Open Sans

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Reader View, defect, P2)

Description

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

Steps to reproduce:
1) Load http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/09/blocks-with-friends-how-to-run-your-own-minecraft-server/
2) Activate the Reader Mode

Actual results:
The lowercase “f” in the italicized word “Minecraft” does not have a descender, which indicates that the italic face is synthetic based on the regular face.

Expected results:
Expected the real italic face(s) of Open Sans to be used.

Additional information:
If bundling more faces is considered a size problem, maybe we should have a way of downloading bundled fonts interapplication data instead of including them in the apk.

Comment 1

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

It appears bold is faux-bold, too.

Comment 2

[Lucas Rocha (:lucasr)]

Ian, shall I go ahead and add the bold and italic font files? Or maybe you're about to push for a completely different font?

Comment 3

[Ian Barlow (:ibarlow)]

We are indeed right about to push a different font. So, sit tight until we do.

Comment 4

[:Margaret Leibovic]

We don't use Open Sans anymore.