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I just came across a curious display error and was wondering what may cause it.

In Safari the following webpage Cross-Country Skating: shows a strange behaviour.

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But the source code does not show this error:

... America’s Bill Koch first observed ...
... climaxing in a telegenic finish ...

Neither does Google Chrome:

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Can anyone explain this behaviour?

System:
MacBook Air (MacBookAir3,1)
Intel Core 2 Duo; 1,6 GHz

OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)

Safari Version 9.0.2 (11601.3.9)

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  • Note that Firefox displays it like Safari does too.
    – Tom Gewecke
    Commented Jan 24, 2016 at 15:42

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It's an official bug, yes. It seems to be solely happening with Merriweather Sans.

Maybe someone at Apple or on the east coast decided to protest the name of the font? ;)

Seriously, an update is in the works, and someone here suggests a work-around.

https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/184

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This is probably a problem with Safari font rendering engine with Merriweather Sans font. It has something to do with ligature I suppose. You can check typecast.com and see that when You insert fi it automatically is changed to if as You type.

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  • I thought so too. The error occurs throughout the article ligatures might be the combining factor. But do you have an idea what causes this ligature misrepresentation?
    – rul30
    Commented Jan 24, 2016 at 15:13

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