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Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Mar 2016
Cc:
Components:
EstimatedDays: ----
NextAction: ----
OS: Linux , Chrome
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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Wingdings fonts are garbled in Chrome browser on Linux and Chromebook OS

Project Member Reported by nagmani....@synerzip.com, Mar 3 2016

Issue description

Version: 48.0.2564.116 (Chrome Browser Stable)
OS: Linux(Ubuntu) and Chromebook

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. on Chrome browser, open https://jsfiddle.net/bLp095qr/ on Linux(Ubuntu) or Chromebook OS
2. Observed the Wingdings font.

What is the expected output? 
Wingdings font should rendered correctly on Ubuntu and ChromeOS.(instead of 'Square Box' it's displayed as char 'p')

What do you see instead?
Observed that Wingdings font are garbled(refer Chromebook.png)

Note - 
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Issue is not reproducible on MAC and Windows OS, in this OS they are rendered correctly.(refer attached MAC.png)
 
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Comment 1 by hlo@chromium.org, Mar 3 2016

Cc: hlo@chromium.org respino@chromium.org elqursh@chromium.org
Components: Blink>Fonts
Labels: OS-Chrome OS-Linux
Summary: Wingdings fonts are garbled in Chrome browser on Linux and Chromebook OS (was: Windings fonts are garbled in Chrome browser on Linux and Chromebook OS)

Comment 3 by e...@chromium.org, Mar 4 2016

Status: WontFix (was: Untriaged)
Wingdings is a windows specific font, if you want to use it on Linux or ChromeOS you'll need to provide it as a webfont.

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