Letter 'f' doesn't appear when typing comments via the notifications tab

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    clairehuston · Member ·

    Hello!

    This issue started yesterday evening and has continued all day today. When I’m writing comments in the reply boxes which appear if I view a comment in the notifications tab, the letter ‘f’ disappears as soon as I type it. For example, I type ‘fifty’ and it appears as ‘ity’.

    This doesn’t happen if I visit the blog post I want to comment on and type my reply there. It doesn’t happen if I go to WP Admin > Comments > Reply > type my reply. Nor does it happen when typing in a blog post or here!

    The issue only occurs with the letter ‘f’ when trying to reply to a comment viewed via the Notification Tab.

    I’m mystified. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Thank you.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    There seems to be a general problem right now with the Merriweather font where the letter “f” is dropped. Although I am not certain that this font is in use on your site, I’ve tagged this for Staff attention. Please be patient waiting for their reply.

  • kathrynwp · Staff ·

    A glitch with liguatures (like fl and fi) was introduced in the Merriweather font a few days ago. According to the font’s developer, a fix will be pushed through to Google Fonts today (Jan. 25) in the morning, Pacific time:

    https://github.com/EbenSorkin/Merriweather/issues/16

    Temporary workarounds include:

    1. Add the following custom CSS, if you have access to the upgrade:

    html {
  -webkit-font-variant-ligatures: none;
  -moz-font-variant-ligatures: none;
  font-variant-ligatures: none;
}

    OR,

    2. In your Customizer’s Fonts panel, choose another font.

    I’m closing this duplicate and will post any further updates in this master thread. Feel free to click “Subscribe” in the right column if you’d like to get email notification of new posts in the thread.

    https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/missing-a-few-fs

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