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Mac OS, Google maps, Firefox doesn't show road name symbols

GottobetheFox
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For awhile now when I use Google Maps on my Macbook Pro laptop (Ventura 13.4) with Firefox (currently 113.0.2), the road symbols (like interstate road symbol or state highway symbol) display as a box of dots. (See examples attached) The first attachment shows the symbols as dot boxes and the second attachment shows a similar example from Safari browser where they properly display. I have Ghostery and AdBlocker installed but turning them off doesn't seem to make any difference.

I also noticed that the interactive maps at the Phoenix airport website (https://maps.skyharbor.aero) do a very similar sort of "image blocking" (see attachment three) with the symbols they used to designate restaurants and retail etc. so probably not a Google issue per se so much as a web design thing around symbols maybe?

Is there something I can do or set in Firefox that will let the symbols display properly?

Thank you for your time and attention.

For awhile now when I use Google Maps on my Macbook Pro laptop (Ventura 13.4) with Firefox (currently 113.0.2), the road symbols (like interstate road symbol or state highway symbol) display as a box of dots. (See examples attached) The first attachment shows the symbols as dot boxes and the second attachment shows a similar example from Safari browser where they properly display. I have Ghostery and AdBlocker installed but turning them off doesn't seem to make any difference. I also noticed that the interactive maps at the Phoenix airport website (https://maps.skyharbor.aero) do a very similar sort of "image blocking" (see attachment three) with the symbols they used to designate restaurants and retail etc. so probably not a Google issue per se so much as a web design thing around symbols maybe? Is there something I can do or set in Firefox that will let the symbols display properly? Thank you for your time and attention.
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Do you have enabled "Resist Fingerprinting" if you check this pref on the about:config page?

You can check the Web Console for WebGL related messages.

Make sure you allow pages to choose their own fonts as this affects background images.

  • Settings -> General -> Language and Appearance -> Fonts -> Advanced
    [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above"

See also:

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cor-el
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Do you have enabled "Resist Fingerprinting" if you check this pref on the about:config page?

You can check the Web Console for WebGL related messages.

Make sure you allow pages to choose their own fonts as this affects background images.

  • Settings -> General -> Language and Appearance -> Fonts -> Advanced
    [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above"

See also:

GottobetheFox
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Thanks for your reply. (sigh) Yes the resist fingerprinting is/was turned on and turning it off makes the problem go away. Sad cause I prefer to take as many precautions as possible with web browsing so this feature is very appealing. I remember now when I turned it on that there were warnings about side affects to include the tab window size too.

Any chance that this will be corrected/changed in future releases or is this just an inherit part of the finger print resisting process?

Thanks for your time and attention.