[ISSUE] Firefox 112 invisible text

[ISSUE] Firefox 112 invisible text

[someone13574]

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New issue by someone13574 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416

Description:
### Is this a new report?

Yes

### System Info

Void 6.1.21_1 x86_64 AuthenticAMD uptodate rrrrmmdnFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

### Package(s) Affected

firefox-112.0_1

### Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

_No response_

### Expected behaviour

Text rendering would work as in previous versions.

### Actual behaviour

A number of sites have text which isn't rendering. Some sites I've found which demonstrate this are [Github (as the largest site I've found)](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages), [common crawl](https://commoncrawl.org/), and a few confirmation emails where the confirmation code is there (I can copy it) but invisible.

I am not sure if this is a Void specific problem but I've not seen any other reports of it so I am leaning in that direction.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Update Firefox to version 112.0
2. Go to [https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages)
3. Observe invisible text

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[devlocalhost]

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New comment by devlocalhost on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1506666647

Comment:
Can confirm, I face it on both sites mentioned 

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[devlocalhost]

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New comment by devlocalhost on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1506666647

Comment:
Can confirm, I face it on both sites you mentioned 

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1506850083

Comment:
Can confirm too. 
I downgraded to version 111 through xdowngrade. Everything is fine there. If you want to do the same, you should make a backup of your firefox profile, because it stopped working for me after the downgrade.
I tested version 112 on Arch (through [junest](https://github.com/fsquillace/junest/)). It works fine. So this problem is specific to Void

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Duncaen]

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New comment by Duncaen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1506850290

Comment:
> I am not sure if this is a Void specific problem but I've not seen any other reports of it so I am leaning in that direction.

There have been other reports for different debian https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/12jm9ju/on_firefox_112_font_goes_white_on_some_sites_linux/

The steps to reproduce and the overall information in this is simply not enough to debug this any further as this is not affecting everyone.
Would be ineresting to find out which fonts are used on the broken sites and if they are system fonts etc.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[ircurry]

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New comment by ircurry on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507031545

Comment:
Having this issue too. I'm not sure if this is any help but I noticed that Vimium-FF (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/) is also not displaying text. I'm not very familiar with how firefox and addons work but perhaps this could be useful for finding the issue. 

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Adailoe]

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New comment by Adailoe on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507211101

Comment:
Same here.

I'm not experienced enough to find out which fonts are exactly "broken", but an example (for me) is wikipedia. I can see the text but the headlines are invisible. 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_Linux)

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Duncaen]

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New comment by Duncaen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507218429

Comment:
> I'm not experienced enough to find out which fonts are exactly "broken", but an example (for me) is wikipedia. I can see the text but the headlines are invisible. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_Linux)

Right click where the headline is and select "Inspect" and select "fonts" in the devtools like in this screenshot on the bottom right https://i.imgur.com/Lsk7FDr.png.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Adailoe]

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New comment by Adailoe on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507232485

Comment:
> > I'm not experienced enough to find out which fonts are exactly "broken", but an example (for me) is wikipedia. I can see the text but the headlines are invisible. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_Linux)
> 
> Right click where the headline is and select "Inspect" and select "fonts" in the devtools like in this screenshot on the bottom right https://i.imgur.com/Lsk7FDr.png.

Thanks! 
My entries in the devtool are the same as yours - except I can't see the headline, only the plain text in the paragraph.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507490323

Comment:
I tracked the regression through mozregression. Asif Youssuff filed the bug for me on [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1827950)

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507621727

Comment:
it seems to be an issue with bitmap fonts rendering. I think it would be possible to reproduce the problem by installing the `xorg-fonts` package

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[SavageMessiah]

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New comment by SavageMessiah on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507719616

Comment:
Having the same problem. As a temp workaround you can uncheck `Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above` in the Advanced font settings. That fixes things for me. The default font (for me, at least) is the DejaVu family, so those fonts at least seem to work?

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[ircurry]

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New comment by ircurry on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1507804235

Comment:
Unchecked allowing pages to use their own fonts and it worked on my end as well and seems to work for all fonts I have installed. 

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1508025321

Comment:
I have the `xorg-fonts` package installed by still have this issue.

This happens for me on https://nitter.net:
`sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Noto Sans", Helvetica, Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"`

And on https://github.com:
`sans-serif, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial`

Does not happen on https://community.frame.work:
`Graphik-Regular, sans-serif`

So for me this looks like an issue with `Helvetica,Arial`.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1508025321

Comment:
I have the `xorg-fonts` package installed by still have this issue.

This happens for me on https://nitter.net:
`sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Noto Sans", Helvetica, Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"`

And on https://github.com:
`sans-serif, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial`

Does not happen on https://community.frame.work:
`Graphik-Regular, sans-serif`

Edit: Does not happen on https://youtube.com:
`"Roboto", "Arial", sans-serif`

So for me this looks like an issue with `Helvetica,Arial`.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1506850083

Comment:
Can confirm too. 
I downgraded to version 111 through xdowngrade. Everything is fine there. If you want to do the same, you should make a backup of your firefox profile, because it stopped working for me after the downgrade.
I tested version 112 on Arch (through [junest](https://github.com/fsquillace/junest/)). It works fine. ~~So this problem is specific to Void~~

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1508238153

Comment:
> I have the xorg-fonts package installed by still have this issue.

I'm sorry if I misled you. I suggested installing the package to those who do **not** have this problem in order to reproduce it.
I didn't have this problem on Arch because I don't have bitmap fonts installed there. Even when I installed them, firefox didn't use them.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Adailoe]

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New comment by Adailoe on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1508372347

Comment:
> Having the same problem. As a temp workaround you can uncheck `Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above` in the Advanced font settings. That fixes things for me. The default font (for me, at least) is the DejaVu family, so those fonts at least seem to work?

This works for me too, using DejVu Sans and unchecked the allowance of the pages to use their own fonts.
Some pages look a bit unfamiliar now, but for me this is sufficient as a temporary workaround.  

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[PurpleVsGreen]

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New comment by PurpleVsGreen on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1509584440

Comment:
This looks like a regression of #31294 and the same workarounds apply.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1509745316

Comment:
Are you talking about [this](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/31294#issuecomment-864532071) workaround or [this](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/31294#issuecomment-858921154)?

Or even [this](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/31294#issuecomment-855526254) or [this](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/31294#issuecomment-855212048) one?

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[rickalex21]

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New comment by rickalex21 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1512380287

Comment:
Not sure why this is a problem but [uncheck Allow pages to choose their own font](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use) fixed the problem. This only happens on void, the [void runsv man page](https://man.voidlinux.org/runsv.8) now can be viewed. 

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1512900872

Comment:
@rickalex21 it's a solution because it overrides the webfonts (fonts the websites suggest the browser to use) with your system defined ones which are not broken.

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[fosslinux]

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New comment by fosslinux on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1514649713

Comment:
This [has been fixed upstream](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1827950).

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1514883903

Comment:
So if I understood it correctly, [this](https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/18b8f731cb69) was the issue?

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1514883903

Comment:
So if I understood it correctly, [this](https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/18b8f731cb69) was the fix/issue?

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1515043927

Comment:
@Anachron yes

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1518674536

Comment:
This patch has been approved for 112.0.2

Re: Firefox 112 invisible text

[Nidrop]

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New comment by Nidrop on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416#issuecomment-1522329029

Comment:
@Duncaen I tested version 112.0.2 from the official site. It works fine.

Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] Firefox 112 invisible text

[Duncaen]

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Closed issue by someone13574 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/43416

Description:
### Is this a new report?

Yes

### System Info

Void 6.1.21_1 x86_64 AuthenticAMD uptodate rrrrmmdnFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Void 6.1.21_1 x86_64-musl GenuineIntel uptodate rrnFFFFF

### Package(s) Affected

firefox-112.0_1

### Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

_No response_

### Expected behaviour

Text rendering would work as in previous versions.

### Actual behaviour

A number of sites have text which isn't rendering. Some sites I've found which demonstrate this are [Github (as the largest site I've found)](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages), [common crawl](https://commoncrawl.org/), and a few confirmation emails where the confirmation code is there (I can copy it) but invisible.

I am not sure if this is a Void specific problem but I've not seen any other reports of it so I am leaning in that direction.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Update Firefox to version 112.0
2. Go to [https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages)
3. Observe invisible text