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Weird bold text rendering error when scrolling in Firefox PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ben Cheek    |    Thursday, 17 November 2011 17:42

firefox_boldbugWhile working on a site I'm developing, I noticed a strange problem where the text in a certain paragraph bolded when the page scrolled (see right).  The bolding was clearly a rendering error, since the bold did not extend to the end of lines and would disappear temporarily when another application opened or saved a file (only to reappear when the page was scrolled in the browser again).

My Setup: Firefox 7.0.1 on Ubuntu 11:10 (32 bit) :: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1

The Solution:  In the limited time I had, I wasn't able to find a software solution or a bug report on Bugzilla, but I did find a website fix that avoids the bug here.  Add "opacity: .99" to the body element in your CSS file.  That should fix the problem for everyone if you control the site, but isn't much help for those you don't.

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2011 17:54
 

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-2 #1 2012-01-29 22:54
That is true. As an author and business man, I can relate to how you said, "While working on a site I'm developing, I noticed a strange problem where the text in a certain paragraph bolded when the page scrolled (see right)". I hope more people discover your blog because you really know what you're talking about. Can't wait to read more from you!
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0 #2 2012-11-26 17:20
This problem appeared out of nowhere for me on one workstation - but not on any other. Disabled add ons, extensions, no luck. Crazy.
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