From: schugo@schugo.de   
      
   On 13.01.2026 03:32, Schugo wrote:   
   > On 13.01.2026 02:56, David E. Ross wrote:   
   >> On 1/12/2026 11:57 AM, Schugo wrote:   
   >>> Hi!   
   >>>   
   >>> almost every day I see a website with a totally broken font like this:   
   >>>   
   >>> https://schugo.de/pix/ugly_fonts.png   
   >>>   
   >>> I had to install FontReplacer add-on, cuz it's totally mad.   
   >>>   
   >>> I use SM 2.53.22 / FF 147 / Win7-64.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it missing fonts on Win7 or stupid web developes (esp. MacOS)   
   >>> that only test on their own Browser/System????   
   >>>   
   >>> ciao..   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> The font in your image resembles several in my collection.  Most likely,   
   >> it is Arial.  Others in my collection are relatively not well known and   
   >> thus not usually installed in other systems.  Note that Arial is   
   >> considered a standard font.  The version I have (2.40) was copyrighted   
   >> in 2008.   
   >>   
   >> Helvetica is another common font.  However, the font in your sample is   
   >> definitely not Helvetica, which lacks the hook on the bottom of 'l'   
   >> (ell).  Actually, most sans-serif fonts in my collection lack that hook.   
   >>   
   >> Also, the font in your sample is not Trebuchet because its 'g' is   
   >> different.  I happen to like Trebuchet because each glyph is distinct.   
   >> There is no confusing 'l' (ell) with '1' (one) or 'O' (oh) with '0'   
   >> (zero).  When writing a URI or E-mail address, I usually use Trebuchet.   
   >>   
   >> Finally, there is Verdana, again not your font because Verdana is   
   >> missing the hook at the bottom of 'l' (ell).  I like Verdana at 14 point   
   >> for shopping lists; it is very easy to read.   
   >>   
   >> All the fonts named above and your sample are sans-serif.   
   >   
   > It can't be a broken local font. No other app renders such broken fonts.   
   > Must be a broken downloaded web font or a css fuckup.   
      
   4 Mozilla Browsers show this problem: FF 148 nightly, FF 115 ESR, SM latest,   
   Tor Browser.   
      
   Chromium works.   
      
   ciao..   
      
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