When Can We Expect a Fix for FireFox HTML Rendering?

[BONES]

This is a problem I reported a couple of months ago, and was told had been fixed. When can we expect to get hold of this and other fixes? I've had a new website ready and waiting for all this time and it is more than a little frustrating that I cannot get it up and running. I've tried using other fonts and grouping things several different ways but nothing helps.

[Jimi King]

Which fonts are you using?

[BONES]

I was using Verdana but even when I changed to Arial, it still wouldn't render accurately, or even legibly.

[Jimi King]

Just a thought. Worth remembering that any font depends on the viewer having it on their PC otherwise their browser will default to whatever font it has specified.

More people will likely have Arial than Verdana (except Mac users who will probably have neither, although it might just substitite with Helvetica automatically). I don't know if Xara puts in alternative fonts. I suspect possibly not.

[gwpriester]

What size is the type?

Actually Microsoft installs a host of fonts in Windows, including Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Trebuchet, Comic Sans, Georgia and a few others. And I believe the same fonts are installed on the Mac by Microsoft as well if the user has any Microsoft applications installed.

Size can cause problems because of the limitations of HTML and screen resolution.

Gary

[covoxer]

Hi BONES, you've been told correctly. This was a bug and it was fixed a long time ago. Make sure you have the latest update installed. I think it contains the fix.

[gwpriester]

What's the latest update, John?

And is it available from the Help menu?

[steve.ledger]

Good question Gary.
The lastest downloads are still at version 4.0.4966 of 18th April.
The Updated in the Help menu only appears to check for 'Major Updates'..

John?

[BONES]

Gary, I've tried several font sizes and always get the same result - 7.5 was my first preference but 8 and 10 points exhibit the same behaviour. It seems to stuff-up where there are hyperlinks, making the lines over-write one-another.

covoxer, let's not go there. Suffice to say that I found out the hard way that the CD version is the latest, and the problem is still there.

[steve.ledger]

BONES, try using whole pixel sizes for fonts rather than points. This has been discussed again recently. Pixels are more exact for absolute positioning rather than points.