I could probably write a Greasemonkey script to remove the mention of Droid from the CSS but the solution I've gone with for now is to just remove the font by deleting /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid_.
You can call the file whatever you like but it still contains a font called Droid. So what to do about this? My first thought, renaming the file that provides the Droid font (/usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid_.ttf), doesn't work becase the name of the font is independent of the filename.
I'm guessing it was done for users on Android devices as Android comes with a font called Droid which looks nothing like the one I have installed and would be perfectly suitable for use on the Windows Live page. Since I've had that Droid font installed for ages and the Windows Live page used to display fine, I can only assume Microsoft have added the mention of Droid to the CSS very recently. Unfortunately in this case the Droid font is not suitable for use at the size being specified and the result is text that is mostly unreadable. It's looking at the list of font families specified in the CSS, finding that the first family specified in the list is available and using it. Firefox is doing exactly what it should be doing in the circumstances. Which explains why the Windows Live webpage text is unreadable. I'm using SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and it's one of the many fonts provided in the free-ttf-fonts package. Courier New, monospace const DEFAULTLINUXFONTFAMILY Droid Sans Mono, Courier New. Some digging with Firebug reveals that the CSS for the page specifies this for the font familyĪs luck would have it I happen to know that I have a font called Droid installed on my computer. But It may be cause by windows font because: 1. Last time I logged in, which was probably a few weeks ago, it was fine. I logged in to Windows Live earlier using the test account I have access to ahead of the Student email migration to and was dismayed to discover the text was pretty much unreadable. ext, -extension Ĭhange font file type to create (e.g.In which I use the word Droid more than once but resist working in a Star Wars reference. All new glyphs will be copied, with no scaling applied. Specify a file path for JSON configuration file (see sample: src/) Removes ligatures specificed in JSON configuration file careful Do not overwrite existing glyphs if detected w, -windows Limit the internal font name to 31 characters (for Windows compatibility) Whether to adjust line heights (attempt to center powerline separators more evenly) Whether to generate the glyphs as single-width not double-width (default is double-width) v, -version show program's version number and exit h, -help show this help message and exit
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