Rendering Bug

[juanibiapina]

I don't know if this is at all related to the theme. But this is how it sometimes renders for me on a slow connection:

I noticed it only happens in chrome and on slow connections, so it might be a chrome bug instead? Some sort of race condition?

It always renders correctly if I resize the window.

[mmistakes]

Hmmm, this is a strange one. I want to say it's related to the webfont not loading, but if that was the case it should fallback to a Georgia, and if that's not present a system serif.

I know Chrome has a bug with webfonts that are used for icons, but I think something else is going on here.

[mmistakes]

Ok I just fired up the demo site for the theme and noticed it, but now it seems to be ok. It seemed like it was a hiccup with GitHub pages maybe because a couple other assets on the page didn't load.

It's also possible the Google AdSense script in the footer is causing a ruckus and delaying the loading of the webfont and other things.

[juanibiapina]

It happened very frequently for me since I moved to a slow connection, that's why I first suggested the slow internet speed as a possible cause (I'm visting my parents now).

But now I have been able to reproduce running a local server. I also tested a version not hosted on github pages (this guy: http://fabiorehm.com/) and it also fails most times.

[juanibiapina]

I noticed at http://fabiorehm.com/ that the text renders correctly after hovering over the social icons. Might be related to the resize that happens when you do it.

[mmistakes]

Just for giggles do the fonts render correctly on this page?
https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Serif

If they don't then it's a Google issue for sure. If they do then I would try and remove the webfont references in the CSS and see if the text shows up.

You'll want to change to do something like:

body {
  font-family: serif;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

If that works then something is conflicting the Google webfont script.

[juanibiapina]

The fonts render correctly on that page.

I tried the CSS anyway, and it solves the problem. Only the icons don't render, which I think is a different problem.

[mmistakes]

Yeah the icons are definitely a Chrome bug that's been around for a bit.
For whatever reason those icon webfonts don't always show.

I'm out of ideas for text disappearing. I haven't been able to reliably
reproduce it to investigate the issue.

On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Juan Ibiapina notifications@github.com wrote:

The fonts render correctly on that page.

I tried the CSS anyway, and it solves the problem. Only the icons don't
render, which I think is a different problem.

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[juanibiapina]

I think you might have missed the part where I said it fixed the problem xD.

I don't know what it is, but it is definitely related to the font.

Thanks for you help, at least my blog is all fine again.

[mmistakes]

Well fixed it by not using the font. I don't know if I would call that a
good fix. Hah.

On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Juan Ibiapina notifications@github.com wrote:

I think you might have missed the part where I said it fixed the problem
xD.

I don't know what it is, but it is definitely related to the font.

Thanks for you help, at least my blog is all fine again.

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.