Sorry to have wasted your time; it was as simple as selecting "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above". Seriously, WTH!
Hopefully it wasn't a complete waste; now when a brainless starts asking about "icons", "sprites", or "f-number rectangles", they may mean "@font-face".
Just point them here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/se ... nts-dialog
[Invalid] Icon placeholders
Re: Icon placeholders
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