Why is the Rubik font causing display issues on older machines?

DO NOT USE RUBIK … in case you value customers with old machines.

There are several reports here in the forum with websites somehow not displaying correctly, text not showing up, etc …

https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-Discussion/No-text-on-mobile-device/m-p/607487#M147609

https://community.shopify.com/post/889641

https://community.shopify.com/post/1243795

and it all boils down to a problem with the font “Rubik” in general on older machines (Win7, 8.1, maybe older Android WebView components, …)

See the github issue here: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1137

State: Currently no solution. No explanation.

So in case you might expect customers with older machines in your shiny new shop, there is only one solution:

DO NOT USE RUBIK