On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:03:06 +0100 Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 Jun 2016 16:31:30 Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > > On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:02:24 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > >> Do you use NoScript? If yes, does it allow webfonts? > > > > > > I should have said that the only extra I have is AdBlock Plus. > > > Disabling it makes no difference. And your hint reminded me to > > > install YesScript, which also makes no difference. > > > > Check: > > > > Preferences -> Content -> Fonts: > > "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections > > above" > > Well I'm damned (again). I had that disabled in an attempt to prevent > sites from showing their text in pale grey, which is only any good if > your eyes are many years younger than mine. It doesn't work though. > And now you prompt me to look at colours in preferences | content. > Just the ticket. > > > If you want to toggle between sane (i.e. your) fonts and random web > > crap you can install the "Document Font Toggle" extension. > > Thank you Holger. I shall make good use of it. FWIW, most of these problems went away for me with Fx 41, and I don't know if the fix went into Fx 38 or not. The bug was <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789788>, and comment 143 summarizes what they ended up doing.
