** Description changed: + SRU Justification: + + [Impact] + + * Due to a change in Google's javascript webfont loader, fonts can not + be previewed in TypeCatcher. While you can actually still download and + install fonts, without being able to preview them the app is pretty much + useless for the casual user. + + [Test Case] + + 1) Install the typecatcher package. + 2) Run typecatcher + 3) Select a font from the left hand sidebar. + + With 0.1.1-1 from saucy installed, the font preview will fail to load + and the loading spinner will just keep spinning. With the version in + saucy-proposed, the spinner will disappear and you can preview fonts as + expected. + + [Regression Potential] + + * There is little chance of regression. The bug is fixed by using a + known working version from Google's CDN. The most likely possibility for + regression would be if this version was no longer provided, but as much + older versions are still provided this is unlikely. + + [Other Info] + + TypeCatcher uses an API wrapper served by ajax.googleapis.com to load + the font previews. Google recently updated this to a new version. This + bug only occurs with the new version. At this time it's unclear if the + new version exposes a bug in how I use it or if my usage exposes a bug + in the API wrapper itself. I'm trying to get a clarification from + upstream on the issue: + + https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader/issues/166 + + TypeCatcher used to load the wrapper from + ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1/webfont.js which always provides + the newest version. Luckily, Google continues to serve old versions if + you use their explicit version number rather than just "1"This bug fix + release using the last know "good" version, 1.4.10. + + ----------------------- + Hello Folks, Apologies if this has been flagged: when TypeCatcher is opened, the fonts fail to load in the window, and the spinning load wheel keeps on spinning. I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy. I've tried resarting Ubuntu. Please do tell me if this isn't the appropriate place to note this kind of thing! Best, Matt
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