Closed
Bug 81176
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Font size insanely large, again
Categories
(Core :: Layout, defect)
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RESOLVED
WORKSFORME
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(Reporter: joha, Assigned: karnaze)
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This is not a duplicate of 76848 because I'm on linux, or of 76826 because this
does not affect all sites.
Today I came across this bug browsing
http://www.perl.com/pub/2001/05/08/exegesis2.html
I'll attach a screenshot or two.
Running on linux build id 2001051521, from mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar.gz.
Ximian Gnome 1.4
-- Johannes
(btw. Is the cursor supposed to wrap from the end of text to the beginning of a
text in a text box? Guess not, another bug...)
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Comment 1•23 years ago
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Comment 2•23 years ago
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Comment 3•23 years ago
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2001051520 works correctly on W2K (not as the last similar bug)
Comment 4•23 years ago
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yep, build #2001051604 on win2k works fine
jake
Comment 5•23 years ago
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worksforme, linux debug build from early on 2001-05-16, XFree 4.0.1
WFM
Current CVS, XFree86 4.0.3 running xfs, KDE 2.1.1, RH7.1
Which font-server/servers are you running, if any?
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Comment 7•23 years ago
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I'm running xfs:
[joha@sojouner joha]$ rpm -qa | grep xfs
Xfree86-xfs-4.0.1-1
My font settings in mozilla are:
Serif: monotype-times new roman-iso8859-1 Size 16
Sans serif: monotype-arial-iso8859-1
Default type serif
Monospace: monotype-courier new-iso8859-1 Size 13
Screen resolution: 999 dpi
Hehe.. why screen resolution 999? That is asking for trouble. Set it to 96 -
that should cure your problems. Do you have any idea how it got set to 999?
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Comment 9•23 years ago
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OK, it was the screen resolution. I set it to 96 and all was fine again.
I think the value 999 was a left over from many weeks/months ago when fonts on
mozilla were particularly ugly and this cured the probelm. Also, mozilla crashes
everytime I change the setting and click on apply.
I tested the setting on NT 4 with build 2001051420, and it didn't behave the
same way. It seemed not to make difference at all.
Any idea why this setting makes difference only on some pages, not all?
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Some fonts are hardcoded in mozilla, and many pages set the size explicitly via
CSS. The bug will appear when nothing is set and only your defaults are pulled,
i guess.
There was an old bug I thought might have resurfaced, where resolution value
suddenly jumped to 9999 or thereabouts. Good thing that is still fixed :)
Resolving as WFM as per reporters comment.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Comment 11•23 years ago
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ahh one more thing: Sounds like NT version asks the OS for resolution. Which is
a sensible thing to do. Font-sizes on Linux can be puzzling at times. I do NOT
know why mozilla doesn't simply ask the OS, or rather X, for the default
resolution - it's readily available there too. I find that "resolution" option
in mozilla to cause more misery than actual good - and in my own unqualified
opinion it ought to be removed all together.
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