Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:47:27 +0000 From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org, mezz@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/128694: www/firefox3 - Firefox 3 corrupts PostScript printer fonts Message-ID: <493A3C1F.6000009@incunabulum.net> In-Reply-To: <200812042109.mB4L9lk6069144@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200812042109.mB4L9lk6069144@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Finally, I got a chance to look at this in more detail. I updated to the latest firefox-3.0.2,1 binary package for FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, and tried the suggested "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" workaround. The garbled printed glyph bug still exists. The symptoms are similar to these postings and bug reports, although these are for Windows: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454532#c3 http://fixunix.com/mozilla/539574-firefox-3-0-3-vs-seamonkey-1-1-9-a.html I tried printing to a non-Postscript printer (Epson CX3650). The problem is still present there, which suggests the root cause may be in the Firefox 3 print renderer. I don't see this issue with Firefox 2. Both appear to use the same versions of the installed Pango libraries. I am using a CUPS networked print server to connect my printers. The page I've been using to demonstrate this is http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/ although the problem exists with all sites regardless of text encoding. The page looks just fine in "Print Preview", but, print it, and the glyphs are unreadable.
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