Font differences between 25.09 and 25.09.2

[Shizu]

25.09

25.09.2

I noticed that the browser font is different between 25.09 and 25.09.2, and it feels really weird. Also, even if I change the font in the card CSS, in 25.09.2 it no longer applies to Japanese text only. Why do you think that is?

I’m Japanese and not very good at English, so I’m asking GPT, but I still don’t really understand.

I’m using this, by the way:

font-family: “Futura”, -apple-system, sans-serif;

[ZornHadNoChoice]

It’s a bit of a stretch, but maybe it’s related to the Android WebView bug or at least similar.

Try wrapping the template with a div like this:

<div lang="ja">
   {{JapaneseText}}
</div>

[Danika_Dakika]

@Shizu

different between 25.09 and 25.09.2

1. Are you sure about those version numbers? It looks like the last version of desktop Anki you synced was 25.02.7.

2. Are these screenshots of the same collection – on the same device – taken close in time to each other? Is that the same note, and the same card made from that note?

@Shizu

Also, even if I change the font in the card CSS, in 25.09.2 it no longer applies to Japanese text only.
…
font-family: “Futura”, -apple-system, sans-serif;

3. It’s hard to tell whether you should expect a font to apply to certain text or all text with just a font-family line. It matters where you’ve got that CSS, and how you’re applying it to your templates.

4. Have any of those fonts been updated in your version of macOS recently?

[Shizu]

@ZornHadNoChoice

<div lang="ja">
   {{JapaneseText}}
</div>

“I’m not very familiar with CSS, so what is this doing?”

[Shizu]

1. I had been trying different versions. I noticed it after switching back and forth several times between 25.02.7, 25.09, and 25.09.2 because of my previous question. For reference, 25.02.7 is also normal, just like 25.09.

2. Yes.

3. It applies to all text. For example, in 25.09.2, if I remove this font-family, only the English font changes. The Japanese font does not change.

4. I do not think there is any particular change.

Also, the browser font changes between 25.02.7(25.09) and 25.09.2, which feels very strange to me. I would also like to know why.

[ZornHadNoChoice]

It tells the browser (which in our case is Anki) to treat the text as Japanese. It worked as a workaround for the bug I mentioned, so I thought it would help in this case too.

[Shizu]

@ZornHadNoChoice

<div lang="ja">
   {{JapaneseText}}
</div>

I tried it, but it still doesn’t work well. It seems like 25.09.2 might be unstable for me. I’ll stick with 25.09 for the time being.

[abdo]

We’re considering updating Qt in the next release, and this should be fixed as a result.

[Shizu]

Amazing. So it really does seem like 25.09.2 is causing trouble. I can’t live without Anki, so I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.