fonts on websites with firefox are too small

eduac · 2006-10-12 01:06:21

Hi all

I have a problem with font size on firefox. They are too small, take a look:

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3873 … ot1oo7.jpg

I run Arch with KDE 3.5.4 + gtk-qt-engine + firefox 1.5.0.7

skottish · 2006-10-12 01:25:42

Edit-->
Preferences-->
Content-->
Fonts & Colors-->
Advanced-->
set Minimum Font Size to something useful.

eduac · 2006-10-12 01:36:34

if i do this, some websites will be with a too large fonts

rayjgu3 · 2006-10-12 01:40:21

in the same place as skottish pointed out
take the check out of "allow pages to choose their own fonts, ....
play around till you get it the way you want

skottish · 2006-10-12 01:49:07

The font control in Firefox is great. One thing that bugs me about Konqueror is that I can't fine tune the fonts as much as I would like.

eduac · 2006-10-12 01:56:41

i cant find the ideal font size for all websites ...i think the problem is with gtk-qt-engine

elasticdog · 2006-10-12 02:36:23

Do you have the Microsoft TTF fonts installed? <code>pacman -Sy ttf-ms-fonts</code>

Kopsis · 2006-10-13 17:00:18

In the Firefox prefs try changing your display setting to 75 dpi. It seems odd to me that a lower display density setting would result in larger fonts, but making this change really did the trick for me.

eduac · 2006-10-13 17:35:23

i solve the problem adding this line on xorg.conf:

DisplaySize 210 157 # 96 DPI @ 800x600

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … Size.2FDPI

fdrebin · 2006-12-10 22:14:05

i've got exactly the same problem, but when i enter # DisplaySize 269 201 # 96 DPI @ 1024x768 and then xdpyinfo | grep resolution
i get 81x81 dpi !?

byte · 2006-12-11 01:06:25

DisplaySize is supposed to be a fixed (and autodetected) value depending on your CRT/display, just as the name suggests. Why mess with it?

fdrebin · 2006-12-11 06:31:56

cause i want proper fonts in firefox! (look at the first image posted)
so is 96x96 DPI the best/default value so i have ot achieve it?

PJ · 2006-12-11 07:24:43

fdrebin wrote:

cause i want proper fonts in firefox! (look at the first image posted)
so is 96x96 DPI the best/default value so i have ot achieve it?

I believe the system default is the best value because it makes firebox look more similar to the rest of the gtk-apps which means that it will look less alienated. If that doesn't help, try limiting the minimal size of the fonts or just try to resize/shrink the overall font-size by pressing CTRL+ and CTRL-

fdrebin · 2006-12-11 19:23:36

that's not a real solution cause the font gets bigger but the rest of a website stays the same size and thing don't "fit" any longer then...

martti1 · 2006-12-11 19:47:08

I use KDE and already had set my dpi to 96 in font settings, 8pt fonts still look too small. And in my opinion the difference between 8pt and 9pt is bigger than it should be. I have set the minimum font size to 9 in konqueror. That causes some sites to break because the text is too big to fit, so I just stopped caring.

Btw, how can I make all applications do this? Replace arial with some sans font, replace tahoma with some sans font, replace courier new with some monospace font.
Is it possible to do it with the /etc/fonts/conf.avail files?
I want to get the ms fonts package out of my system.

sh__ · 2006-12-11 21:41:12

martti1 wrote:

Btw, how can I make all applications do this? Replace arial with some sans font, replace tahoma with some sans font, replace courier new with some monospace font.
Is it possible to do it with the /etc/fonts/conf.avail files?
I want to get the ms fonts package out of my system.

I have this in my ~/.fonts.conf:

 <match target="pattern">
     <test qual="any" name="family"><string>tahoma</string></test>
     <edit name="family" mode="assign"><string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string></edit>
 </match>

Apply similar lines for other ms fonts.

martti1 · 2006-12-12 15:13:49

<match>
      <test><string>tahoma</string></test>
      <edit><string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string></edit>
</match>
<match>
      <test><string>verdana</string></test>
      <edit><string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string></edit>
  </match>
<match>
      <test><string>arial</string></test>
      <edit><string>DejaVu Sans</string></edit>
  </match>
<match>
      <test><string>time new roman</string></test>
      <edit><string>Dejavu Sans Mono</string></edit>
</match>
<match>
      <test><string>helvetica</string></test>
      <edit><string>DejaVu Sans</string></edit>
</match>

Those are the ones I got, I even tried to replace helvetica. It's not working, though. I see helvetica on most sites now.

fdrebin · 2006-12-14 23:35:50

damn! i can't get a different DPI than 81x81 either with DisplaySize in xorg nor startx -- -dpi 75 !!!
any tips ???

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#1 2006-10-12 01:06:21

fonts on websites with firefox are too small

#2 2006-10-12 01:25:42

Re: fonts on websites with firefox are too small

#3 2006-10-12 01:36:34

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#5 2006-10-12 01:49:07

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