Lato turns to dingbats on Chrome

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

That's weird.

I'm not able to see Lato, even on the WebFonts directory ( 
http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Lato )

Instead, it's loading an weird dingbats font.

Just some weeks ago, it worked pretty well.
Then I chose Lato for a project, and this awkward bug begins.

Don't know how to reproduce this problem or why it's happening.
I've tested in Chrome, on iMac and Macbook. It works perfectly on Safari.

I've attached some screenshots from the webfonts page.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by felipeto...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2012 at 5:22

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Ok, now the font is at least readable on Web Fonts directory and in 
http://www.latofonts.com/
It's not showing like dingbats anymore, but just loading the system default 
serif font.

It's creepy that it began to work just 10 minutes after I've posted the issue.

Original comment by felipeto...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2012 at 5:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Mac OS X introduced a 'sandbox' security feature, so installed fonts not in 
system font directories cause this in Chrome. (Safari was presumably updated 
for the security feature by Apple in advance.) Uninstall the fonts and they 
will work, or use Mac OS X's own font manager and not a 3rd party one...

Original comment by dcrossland@google.com on 12 Apr 2012 at 6:02

Changed state: Done

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