[tor-bugs] #6065 [Firefox Patch Issues]: TBB does strange things to fonts on Windows 7

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#6065: TBB does strange things to fonts on Windows 7
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 Reporter:  runa                  |          Owner:  mikeperry        
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:                   
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
 > I've also noticed this.  A couple pages you could check are the BBC
 Iplayer and also on Ixquick, but only after you get search results and
 then click in the search box again to modify the search terms and suddenly
 those terms change font.  I haven't customized anything font-related.

 Do changing the limits in the above prefs fix this issue?

 > Replying to [comment:2 mikeperry]:
 > > It is odd that this limit might affect the default font, though...
 Perhaps this is another case of our patches applying not just to the
 content window, but to the chrome as well (like #4795)?

 I looked at the patch during rebase for FF13, and it does do the
 IsChrome() check to not count XUL fonts.

 > > Action items:
 > > The zeroth thing to find out is a test page that we can clearly
 witness the behavior.
 > > The first thing to find out is if the user has set any other custom
 prefs wrt fonts.
 > > The second thing is to find out if raising the limit changes things,
 and at what point.

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