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Arial Black does not dispaly in FireFox???

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I have specified Arial Black in a CSS class. It displays in Chrome and IE but not in Firefox. Any reason for this? Is there a an extra bold font that I can use instead that FF will recognize? Thanks.

I have specified Arial Black in a CSS class. It displays in Chrome and IE but not in Firefox. Any reason for this? Is there a an extra bold font that I can use instead that FF will recognize? Thanks.

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I've solved the problem myself--not sure how.

Here is the CSS that works:

.arialBlk13 { font-family: Arial Black, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #63706C; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; font-weight:900 }

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What is your CSS? This should work:

<p style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif">This is heavy.</p>

Or in a style sheet:

p.heavy {font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif;}
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Here's my CSS:

.arialBlk13 { font-family: "Arial Black", "Verdana font-weight:bold", sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #63706C; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; }

And it doesn't work.

Modified by ripebanana

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I've never seen font-weight embedded into font-family before. Do you notice any style warning in the Error Console (Ctrl+Shift+j) with that rule? Since you already have font-weight:bold in the rule, it seems redundant there. Can you test without it:

.arialBlk13 { font-family: "Arial Black", Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #63706C; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; }
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The CSS I originally had had no other fonts or font attributes except for the Arial Black statement. And it dd not work. I have tried it again to be sure.

With the latest CSS below, the applied header text (website and phone #) defaults to Times Roman once again. You can see it here : http://brombergonline.com.

.arialBlk13 { font-family: "Arial Black"; color: #63706C; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; }

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On Windows you may need to add font-weight:900 to make Firefox use the "Arial Black" font.

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I just tried that and now get Times Roman Bold.

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I'm not sure why, but when I view the test page on my regular Firefox profile (which dates back many years), the Arial Black line is heavy, but on a new Firefox profile it is not, regardless of font-weight. Similar result for the real page.

Could be related to an add-on or non-obvious setting.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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Thanks. But the problem remains unsolved.

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Works here on Linux.

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Chosen Solution

I've solved the problem myself--not sure how.

Here is the CSS that works:

.arialBlk13 { font-family: Arial Black, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #63706C; font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; font-weight:900 }

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Great, now how do I apply this fix to Firefox or to the operating system?

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You can use Stylish or site specific code in userContent.css to override the font on specific web pages and specify your own CSS rules by using @-moz-document domain().

The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder.


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I have Firefox on several notebook computer without any problem, however with a new HP notebook there is a problem the Arial Black font showing correctly. Is it the HP computer or FIrefox. It seems logical to me that it would be the HP computer? I still do not understand where I need to make the changes in Firefox to change the CSS rules?