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Some Arabic text is incorrectly displayed in bold in Firefox on some Wikipedias
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In Latvian Wikipedia (and in English Wikipedia, at least) some Arabic text isn't displayed correctly when using lang template, for example, Persian language. The code, if using lang template, is <span lang="fa">Some text in Persian فارسی</span> and the result is too bold.
Example how it looks like
http://www.bildites.lv/images/o5rsojoes9bmak4nppm4.jpg (the "persiešu: پامیر, Pāmīr;" part)
example how it should look like
http://www.bildites.lv/images/xpeuoe9tblxlsxevwj1.jpg

(updated) Example in Latvian Wikipedia: https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietot%C4%81js:Edgars2007/Arabic (how it is currently and how it should be)
and in English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language

This problem has been for approximately seven days.

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Edgars2007 created this task.Mar 2 2015, 3:43 PM
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Aklapper added a comment.Mar 2 2015, 8:34 PM

I cannot reproduce the problem with https://lv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pamirs&oldid=2290148 and Firefox 36 on Fedora 21, being logged in. Which browser and platform can this be seen with?

Edgars2007 added a comment.Mar 2 2015, 9:19 PM

Tested with Firefox 36 and Windows 7 (and Windows XP) both in Vector and Monobook, being logged in and logged out.

Krenair added projects: I18n, MediaWiki-Internationalization.Mar 2 2015, 9:21 PM
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Aklapper triaged this task as Low priority.Mar 3 2015, 9:50 AM
Aklapper renamed this task from Some Arabic text isn't displayed correctly to Some Arabic text is incorrectly displayed in bold in Firefox on some Wikipedias.Mar 3 2015, 10:06 AM
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Edgars2007 added a comment.Mar 4 2015, 8:55 AM

Currently changed the code of "Lang-fa" template to such one:
Persian: <span style="font-style:tahoma;font-size:1.3em">{{{1}}}</span>

That kind of resolves the problem, but of course not completely. Interwiki to Persian Wikipedia is still in bold.

Edgars2007 updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 4 2015, 8:57 AM
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