963742 - @font-face example font Bitstream Vera Bold is broken in IE9-10 (tested) possibly others.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: CSS, defect, P3)

Description

[kim.junkoo]

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
     Gecko Version: unspecified
 Technical Contact: 

:: Details

The font binary for the example font, Bitstream Vera Bold is broken in IE9-10. To reproduce, visit the live sample page (https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/2469/webfont-sample.html) in IE9-10 and note that the default serif font is being shown instead of Bitstream Vera Serif Bold.

Confirmed it was the VeraSeBd.ttf file itself that caused the problem by using a different TTF font with the same code. The Vera Serif Bold download from FontSquirrel is broken similarly, possibly same binary.

Comment 1

[Jason Chapin]

The demo page looks to have been updated since this bug was opened, linking now to https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/7775/webfont-sample.html. The Vera Serif Bold web font does appear to be rendering correctly here. Seems like this can be closed.

Comment 2

[Jason Chapin]

Update - spoke too soon. Checking it in IE11, font does not render and this error is in the console,

CSS3114: @font-face failed OpenType embedding permission check. Permission must be Installable.

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

MDN Web Docs' bug reporting has now moved to GitHub. From now on, please file content bugs at https://github.com/mdn/sprints/issues/ and platform bugs at https://github.com/mdn/kuma/issues/.