> Fixing XFS is indeed a good idea, but I submit that it is also a very > good idea to put a cap on font sizes in mozilla, and indeed anything > else that accepts font rendering information from external sources. Writing stable software is a difficult process to do when you depend on other libraries to do their job the way you think it should be done. The problem is a little more subtle than what is being discussed. I am hearing that Mozilla should be updated, but the question is, what should the limit be for a font size? The line has to be drawn somewhere and if each software puts it's own limit on the size of a font then larger fonts might not appear the same with different programs. So, then XFS needs to be the definite place that draws the line. I think this is a trivial problem because there are larger issues out there that are in essence the exact same thing that we discuss in this thread. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer because we put our dependence on a 3rd party library. This thread leaves a funny taste in my mouth. Jon
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