Firefox uses wrong fonts for certain symbols on Xiaomi phone
When reading Wikipedia pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_model_(set_theory), symbols like "∈" are rendered in a font that looks ugly. I thought this was a problem with my Xiaomi phone, but I just found out that my system browser renders the page correctly.
I want to upload screenshots but the page seems to be stuck with the prompt "Uploading "1000003213.jpg"...", so I am going to submit this first and try to add the screenshots later.
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This is usually caused by a font fallback issue on Android, not the website itself. Firefox on Android relies on system fonts, and some Xiaomi fonts do not fully support certain math symbols. Try changing the system font to the default one in your phone settings. Also, make sure Firefox and Android System WebView are fully up to date. If the issue remains, it is a known limitation of font handling on some Android devices.
I tried some of these solutions (but I am not sure if any of those mattered) when I discovered that the page always displays fine in Private Browsing (with a font that looks just like what the system browser displays), but still always problematic in non-private tabs. Given this, is there something Firefox could do to work around this issue?
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