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Does anyone know why the fonts look suddenly so terrible on some webpages in Firefox? Both with default settings:
Firefox:
http://i.imgur.com/SMVdi.png
Chrome:
http://i.imgur.com/jNmxU.png
I mean, both have the same system fonts available. And I'm sure that Firefox looked nice, too, some updates ago.
Last edited by rggjan (2012-02-18 09:16:05)
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Hi, it seems that firefox uses bitmap fonts.
Just disable them for X (link /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf to /etc/fonts/conf.d/).
Regards.
Maybe because github lists helvetica as the first font to use, which is symlinked to a bitmap font provided by xorg-fonts-100dpi / xorg-fonts-75dpi (i never understood why).
Last edited by litemotiv (2012-02-16 23:21:31)
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Great, disabling bitmap fonts did it, thanks a lot!
I added this fix to the archwiki Firefox page, right away:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fi … n_webpages
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@rggjan :
You forgot the -s (--symbolic) option of ln:
ln -s TARGET directory
It doesn't need to be a hard link, which is the default if not using the -s option.
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@rggjan :
You forgot the -s (--symbolic) option of ln:
ln -s TARGET directory
It doesn't need to be a hard link, which is the default if not using the -s option.
Fixed!
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Is it possible to disable bitmap fonts ONLY in firefox?
I use terminus font in urxvt, but after
ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
i can't ;(
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Try to leave bitmap fonts enabled and do
ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
instead.
Last edited by Ranmaru (2012-05-14 02:43:07)
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This is my ~/.fonts.conf. It disables all bitmaps fonts EXCEPT for terminus:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- reject all bitmap fonts, with the exception of 'terminus' -->
<selectfont>
<acceptfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family"> <string>Terminus</string> </patelt>
</pattern>
</acceptfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="scalable"> <bool>false</bool> </patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>
</fontconfig>
Remember to enable /etc/fonts/conf.avail/50-user.conf though.
Last edited by anonymous_user (2012-05-14 03:11:27)
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anonymous_user, thanks a lot, it works
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