[Bug 239426] [NEW] some text not displayed in flash applets - fonts

John McPherson jrm+launchpadbugs at wlug.org.nz
Thu Jun 12 10:42:29 UTC 2008


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

ii  firefox                              3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
ii  flashplugin-nonfree                  9.0.124.0ubuntu2

some flash applets do not show some or all of the text that can be seen
using flash on other operating systems. I figured out that if I install
the msttcorefonts package, then the text shows up (after restarting
firefox).

strace'ing firefox shows:
...
open("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 51
open("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 51
...

so it looks like flash plugin needs an Arial font or alias setup, which
doesn't seem to be the case with a default ubuntu install.

example flash applet exhibiting this behaviour:
http://www.grabaseat.co.nz/

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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some text not displayed in flash applets - fonts
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239426
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