Re: Mozilla pegs CPU and hangs on certain pages when Vera is used

[Torgeir Veimo <torgeir pobox com>]

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 15:59, Jim Gettys hp com wrote:
> > Sender: fonts-admin gnome org
> > From: Tom Moertel <tom moertel com>
> > Date: 24 Apr 2003 10:53:00 -0400
> > To: fonts gnome org
> > Subject: Mozilla pegs CPU and hangs on certain pages when Vera is used
> > -----
> > Hi,
> >
> > First, the Vera family of fonts is great.  It's now the default serif,
> > sans, and monospace on my RHL 8.0 system.  Which brings me to the
> > problem...
> >
> > I have set Vera as the default serif, sans-serif, and monospace fonts in
> > Mozilla.  When visiting certain sites (e.g., the W3C home page
> > www.w3.org) while Vera is in use, Mozilla pegs the CPU and hangs in some
> > kind of infinite loop.  This doesn't happen when other fonts are in
> > use.  I've been able to replicate the behavior in both xft and gtk2
> > builds of Mozilla 1.3 and 1.4a.
> 
> I don't see this problem on my mozilla (1.3b, gtk2 build): I can visit
> the W3C web page fine.  So something stinks in Denmark, but I'm not
> very suspicious of Vera so far.

It must be because they sell milk with vodka in the supermarkets
there...

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Torgeir Veimo <torgeir pobox com>