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    squares instead of letters, how to solve it?

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    • hamad59
      hamad59 last edited by

      hmmm, so what seems to be the problem?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @hamad59 last edited by

        @hamad59 Don't know. Any difference if you use an extension to change the user agent?

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @hamad59 last edited by burnout426

          @hamad59 said in squares instead of letters, how to solve it?:

          I would provide a link, no problem
          but it's in Arabic, coz I don't have problems with english texts.

          https://www.sama3y.net/forum/showpost.php?p=452022&postcount=29

          For me, the text in both of the posts on that page is all squares in both Opera Stable and Opera Beta. Masking as Chrome doesn't help. The latest snapshot of Vivaldi is messed up in the same way. So is Chromium-based Edge and Brave.

          Looks fine in Chrome Stable and Opera Developer though. en_US locale in all the browsers and in Windows 10 in my case.

          Looks like I might need a Chromium-based browser based on Chromium 82 or newer for things to display right, except for Chrome, which works fine in Chrome Stable, which is based on 81 (Vivaldi latest snapshot is based on 81 and a build newer than Chrome Stable).

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          • donq
            donq @hamad59 last edited by

            @hamad59 said in squares instead of letters, how to solve it?:

            btw, I'm using another browser and I don't have this problem, so I think it's the browser not the system.

            What another browser? You shuld verify with Chromium based browsers, like Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave - they use very similar engine.
            If those browsers display everything correctly, then maybe you could convince some of your friends to check same sites with Opera Portable - this way you could easily decide between your system and Opera browser problems.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 If I remove style="font-style: italic" on the div the text is in, the Arabic text renders fine in Opera Stable.

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 I wonder if it's something like https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668813#c1 (old Mozilla bug).

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                  @burnout426 I also see https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1035594&q=Arabic font-style italic&can=2

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                  • donq
                    donq @burnout426 last edited by

                    @burnout426
                    Looks like similar issue.
                    What I didn't notice previously - Arial Black has no italic style variant (in Windows) and this may create problem for Opera (or entire Chromium family).

                    @hamad59
                    I think You should report this problem using Opera bug report system (Menu - Help - Report an issue... - Report a bug).

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                    • hamad59
                      hamad59 last edited by

                      I reported a bug, and waiting for an answer, hopefully with a solution.
                      thanks to all of you guys, you've been helpful

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                        @burnout426 said in squares instead of letters, how to solve it?:

                        @burnout426 I also see https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1035594&q=Arabic font-style italic&can=2

                        Comment on that bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1035594#c11

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