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int13h

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Registered: 2015-10-06

Posts: 6

Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Hello,

After upgrading system fonts in the browser became terrible.

The thick , blurred.

This happened after the update packages from testing.

The problem was 'solved' by disabling testing repos.

Some problem in

Packages (54) adwaita-icon-theme-3.20-1  android-tools-6.0.1_r24-1  archlinux-keyring-20160402-1  at-spi2-atk-2.20.0-1  at-spi2-core-2.20.0-1  atk-2.20.0-1
              colord-1.3.2-1  cracklib-2.9.6-1  dconf-0.26.0-1  device-mapper-2.02.149-1  elfutils-0.166-1  firefox-45.0.1-4  fontconfig-2.11.95-1
              glib-networking-2.48.0-1  glib2-2.48.0-1  glibmm-2.48.1-1  gnome-themes-standard-3.20-1  gobject-introspection-runtime-1.48.0-1
              gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.20.0-1  gst-plugins-base-1.8.0-1  gst-plugins-base-libs-1.8.0-1  gst-plugins-good-1.8.0-1  gstreamer-1.8.0-1
              gtk-update-icon-cache-3.20.2-1  gtk3-3.20.2-1  iproute2-4.4.0-2  iptables-1.6.0-1  iputils-20160308.0db72a4-1  json-glib-1.2.0-1  krb5-1.13.4-1
              lib32-libglvnd-0.1.0.20160329-2  lib32-mesa-11.2.0-1  lib32-mesa-libgl-11.2.0-1  libelf-0.166-1  libgit2-1:0.24.0-1  libglvnd-0.1.0.20160329-2
              libsoup-2.54.0.1-1  libxml2-2.9.3-2  linux-4.5-1  linux-firmware-20160315.deb1d83-1  logrotate-3.9.2-1  lvm2-2.02.149-1  mesa-11.2.0-1
              mesa-libgl-11.2.0-1  pango-1.40.0-1  pangomm-2.40.0-1  pygobject-devel-3.20.0-1  python2-gobject-3.20.0-1  vte-common-0.44.0-1  vte3-0.44.0-1
              xf86-input-libinput-0.18.0-1  xf86-video-amdgpu-1.1.0-1  xf86-video-ati-1:7.7.0-1  xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+604+gff0ab2c-1

I think, it is a fontconfig-2.11.95-1

Roken

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From: South Wales, UK

Registered: 2012-01-16

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Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Infanality - just do it/

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x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

@int13h,

Unexpected issues can come up on using the testing repos. You are only supposed to use them if you want to help out the packagers.

Moving to NC.

trichards

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From: Tennessee, USA

Registered: 2013-12-10

Posts: 4

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Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

@int13h and @x33a,

fontconfig-2.11.95-1 was released to extra today, and after performing a full system upgrade I experienced the same issue. Downgrading to 2.11.94-1 restored the fonts back to a legible state. I'd take a screenshot, but I'm afraid my eyes have bled enough for today.

trichards

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From: Tennessee, USA

Registered: 2013-12-10

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Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Okay, I gave in and took some screenshots. In my opinion, 2.11.95-1 looks 9000% worse. Especially the monospace font.

2.11.94-1: https://i.imgur.com/p9b4TtF.png
2.11.95-1: https://i.imgur.com/apxxEAT.png

Reminds me very much of Ubuntu 8.04.

oinkl

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Registered: 2010-01-13

Posts: 47

Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

The upgrade to fontconfig-2.11.95-1 did something to my fonts as well.
It doesn't look worse, just... different.

Was wondering if there's any way to revert to the previous look if possible.

FYI:

/home/user/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>BitStream Vera Serif</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>BitStream Vera Sans</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>BitStream Vera Sans</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Source Code Pro</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

[edit] Fixed: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1619318

Last edited by oinkl (2016-04-12 07:06:15)

r12624

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Registered: 2014-10-21

Posts: 14

Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Have you also noticed font changes in gedit and terminal?

Carfax

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Registered: 2013-10-30

Posts: 30

Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Will that explain why i'm experiencing these terrible changes as well? I tried the solution in the link above....... still didn't change nothing. Especially with whats happening in the title bar of my terminal. http://imgur.com/lEKPHWC

Last edited by Carfax (2016-04-26 20:54:30)

stahl

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Registered: 2013-04-03

Posts: 5

Re: Terrible fonts in browser [Google Chrome / Chromium/ FF / etc]

Okay, I gave in and took some screenshots. In my opinion, 2.11.95-1 looks 9000% worse. Especially the monospace font.

2.11.94-1: https://i.imgur.com/p9b4TtF.png
2.11.95-1: https://i.imgur.com/apxxEAT.png

Reminds me very much of Ubuntu 8.04.

Same here. Besides chrome also other software look much worse including the console (terminator), double commander and other.

From the posts above i created the mentioned config file ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
        <!-- Disable the effects of 10-hinting-slight.conf -->
        <match target="font">
                <test name="hintstyle" compare="eq">
                        <const>hintslight</const>
                </test>
                <edit name="hintstyle" mode="delete"/>
        </match>
</fontconfig>

However, this did not solve or change anything.
What am I missing?