[tor-bugs] #16672 [Tor Browser]: Text rendering allows fingerprinting

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#16672: Text rendering allows fingerprinting
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     Reporter:  arthuredelstein  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser      |    Version:
   Resolution:                   |   Keywords:  tbb-fingerprinting-fonts
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:6 arthuredelstein]:
 > It looks like Ubuntu GNOME is failing to generate bold and italics fonts
 (which may be related to not having Bold variants installed).

 FWIW it is neither related to Ubuntu nor to GNOME. I see that on my Debian
 with Xfce as well.

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