Automattic / Automattic/custom-fonts

Arimo Font - Hebrew Text Doesn't Display in IE11

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Description

Hebrew text is not displayed when using Internet Explorer (Windows 7) and the site's font is set to Arimo. Using the IE emulator I found this affects IE 9 -11 and Edge.

With other browsers and operating systems, there aren't any issues.

I test multiple themes (Twenty Fifteen, Penscratch, Franklin, and Sapor) and the issue remained, so the theme doesn't appear to be a factor.

Other languages work fine with the Arimo font in IE (tested English and Arabic)

The browser console displays an error when the site is loaded:

> CSS3117: @font-face failed cross-origin request. Resource access is restricted.
> File: Genericons.eot

Test Post: https://kevmarsdentest10.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/he-test/
Related Ticket: [2326046](https://help.automattic.com/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=2326046)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in IE9–11 and Edge with the Arimo font and the linked Hebrew test post. Inspect the browser console and the Genericons.eot cross-origin request; done means Hebrew renders correctly in the affected browsers without the reported CSS3117 error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, wordpress
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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