There's two things necessary to use the new fonts:

1. The fonts. They're available in full flashes and separately with the package 
I linked.
2. A new gecko that looks for these new fonts. Gaia doesn't directly specify 
Fira, so the new Fira needs to be specified as default.

-Michael Wu

----- Original Message -----
> Hi Michael (and everyone on the list),
> 
> Based on your information, and since we can't full-flash Flame (as of
> yet, as it may result in RIL-related problems), if I want UX/VxD folks
> to review my UX/VxD implementation that uses the new font assets on
> Flame, I would need to instruct them to download the zip file and run
> the shell script, right?
> 
> Thanks ;)
> - John Lu
> 
> 
> 於 2014/7/1 下午9:51, Michael Wu 提到:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We now have a new version of Fira Sans and Fira Mono.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the name of the font has changed again (Fira Sans OT -> Fira
> > Sans), and gecko will require fonts bearing the new name. If you use
> > shallow flashing or get automatic updates, you'll need to manually add the
> > new fonts in at the moment.
> >
> > I've put together a package with the fonts and a script to install the font
> > on the device. https://people.mozilla.org/~mwu/fira-font-update.zip
> >
> > Run the script to push the new fonts on your device. adb probably needs to
> > be in your path if you're not running Linux.
> >
> > This can also be done without the script -
> > adb remount
> > adb push fonts /system/fonts
> >
> > These fonts can coexist with the old Fira fonts, so switching between
> > different gecko branches isn't an issue.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Michael Wu
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