Google fonts stopped working ?

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Perduta
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Google fonts stopped working ?

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I use Google fonts on my website and it works fine with Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but has stopped working with Firefox possibly following Windows 10 automatic update. I upgraded to latest Firefox (57.0) but it still doesn't work with the Google fonts. Has anyone else seen this problem and does it warrant further research I wonder?
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DanRaisch
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Re: Google fonts stopped working ?

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Version 57 is not the latest release version of Firefox. The current release version is 59.0.2 and can be downloaded here -- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

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Re: Google fonts stopped working ?

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Hi Perduta, could a setting or add-on be blocking Firefox from downloading the fonts?

Check the web console for any messages generated while you load your page. https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/Web_Console

Among extensions, both NoScript and uBlock Origin can block font downloads.
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Re: Google fonts stopped working ?

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jscher2000 wrote:Hi Perduta, could a setting or add-on be blocking Firefox from downloading the fonts?

Check the web console for any messages generated while you load your page. https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/Web_Console

Among extensions, both NoScript and uBlock Origin can block font downloads.
I just want to confirm that the problem has been resolved by removing all my add-ons and extensions and then installing only the ones I actually use. I had hoped to identify the culprit, but it was inconclusive. Thanks for you both for your suggestions. :)

p.s. It is strange that after I did an update explicitly it was still using the older version 57 rather than the actual latest, but probably just me doing something wrong there.
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Re: Google fonts stopped working ?

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it was still using the older version 57 rather than the actual latest,
What leads you to say that? Your User Agent String is reporting Firefox version 60.x.
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