sudo777
(P T)
January 13, 2025, 5:06pm
1
Hi,
I have noticed that when using Firefox on Fedora 41, certain websites show different fonts compared to for example on Ubuntu or Windows.
For example some of the text on Lichess.org is cursive on Fedora, unlike Ubuntu.
The top-bar has cursive text. Does anybody know how to change this? I guess it’s Fedora, since it only occurs on this OS.
Thanks.
Kind regards.
You might have to install extra fonts to make this work.
If you can find out what the font is that is used by ubuntu or Windows you see if its package for installation on Fedora.
theqlp
(Linh Pham)
January 13, 2025, 8:34pm
3
When looking at the Dev Tools on F41 and Firefox, the site is serving up a copy of the Noto Sans web font as shown below:
KDE Font Management doesn’t render Noto Sans Regular as italicized. I also have the font packages installed, google-noto-sans-fonts.noarch 20240701-2.fc41
Looks like it’s also been reported on GH: Words become unnecessarily italic on Firefox · Issue #16760 · lichess-org/lila · GitHub
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litemotiv
(Olivier)
January 13, 2025, 9:33pm
5
They are serving custom made versions of a few fonts that are not compatible with Firefox, at least not the Firefox version currently on Fedora. The fonts they serve are much too small in filesize to contains all the standard glyphs, so they must have stripped everything they’re not using.
The stripped Roboto Light font still renders okay in Firefox:
But Noto Sans doesn’t:
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sudo777
(P T)
January 14, 2025, 12:16pm
6
Hi Linh,
Thanks for your reply and the mentioned post on github. Glad it is already posted there and will wait for a fix.
Regards.
sudo777
(P T)
January 20, 2025, 10:55pm
7
Hi Linh,
Today I ran dnf upgrade with these packages to be upgraded:
Status : Ok
Releasever : 41
Description : dnf upgrade --refresh
Comment :
Packages altered:
Action Package Reason Repository
Upgrade debugedit-0:5.1-4.fc41.x86_64 External User updates
Upgrade f41-backgrounds-base-0:41.0.2-1.fc41.noarch Dependency updates
Upgrade f41-backgrounds-gnome-0:41.0.2-1.fc41.noarch Dependency updates
Upgrade libmaxminddb-0:1.12.2-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade libnfsidmap-1:2.8.1-5.rc2.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade libxcrypt-0:4.4.38-3.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade libxcrypt-devel-0:4.4.38-3.fc41.x86_64 External User updates
Upgrade nfs-utils-1:2.8.1-5.rc2.fc41.x86_64 Group updates
Upgrade openldap-0:2.6.8-7.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade openvpn-0:2.6.13-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade ostree-libs-0:2025.1-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade sqlite-0:3.46.1-2.fc41.x86_64 External User updates
Upgrade sqlite-libs-0:3.46.1-2.fc41.x86_64 Dependency updates
Upgrade sqlite-libs-0:3.46.1-2.fc41.i686 Dependency updates
Replaced debugedit-0:5.1-2.fc41.x86_64 External User @System
Replaced f41-backgrounds-base-0:41.0.1-1.fc41.noarch Dependency @System
Replaced f41-backgrounds-gnome-0:41.0.1-1.fc41.noarch Dependency @System
Replaced libmaxminddb-0:1.12.1-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced libnfsidmap-1:2.8.1-4.rc2.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced libxcrypt-0:4.4.38-2.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced libxcrypt-devel-0:4.4.38-2.fc41.x86_64 External User @System
Replaced nfs-utils-1:2.8.1-4.rc2.fc41.x86_64 Group @System
Replaced openldap-0:2.6.8-6.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced openvpn-0:2.6.12-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced ostree-libs-0:2024.9-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced sqlite-0:3.46.1-1.fc41.x86_64 External User @System
Replaced sqlite-libs-0:3.46.1-1.fc41.x86_64 Dependency @System
Replaced sqlite-libs-0:3.46.1-1.fc41.i686 Dependency @System
I don’t know which package solved the issue, but the fonts are now back to normal.
Regards
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litemotiv
(Olivier)
January 20, 2025, 11:02pm
8
That’s just a coincidence, Lichess changed the fonts on their website with new versions:
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