www.nytimes.com - Hexagon letters are not visible

[jaffry]

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

Browser / Version: Firefox Mobile 95.0
Operating System: Android 11
Tested Another Browser: Yes Chrome

Problem type: Something else
Description: Fonts don't show in Spelling Bee puzzle game
Steps to Reproduce:
I play this game everyday. The text shows inside the hexagon. 2 days ago, I couldn't play cos the text couldn't be seen.

View the screenshot

Browser Configuration

• gfx.webrender.all: false
• gfx.webrender.blob-images: true
• gfx.webrender.enabled: false
• image.mem.shared: true
• buildID: 20211028094021
• channel: nightly
• hasTouchScreen: true
• mixed active content blocked: false
• mixed passive content blocked: false
• tracking content blocked: false

View console log messages

From webcompat.com with ❤️

[softvision-oana-arbuzov]

Thanks for the report, I was able to reproduce the issue.

Affected area:

<text class="cell-letter" x="50%" y="50%" dy="0.35em">d</text>

Note: The issue is not reproducible on Chrome.

Tested with:
Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 95.0a1 (🦎 95.0a1-20211028094021)
Operating System: Google Pixel 5 (Android 11) - 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~432 ppi density), Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 9) - 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)

Moving to Needsdiagnosis for further investigation.

[karlcow]

This looks like a regression caused by https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1712780
And is handled in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738560

[karlcow]

Close as duplicate of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738560