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oline61

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 3

Firefox Font Problem

Let me first say I have been using Arch for 2 days and I already love it. I am using XFCE on Arch 0.8 using the current repo.

I have only one nagging problem, and that is a strange font problem in Firefox. The only place I've found the problem to occur is Facebook. Here is a screenshot:
Look in the yellow box where it says "You must login to see this page" and right below the register buttom look at the "click here".

In the XFCE user interface settings I have fonts set to use AA, full hinting, and RGB subpixel hinting (I have a ViewSonic VX922 LCD).

Can anyone help me resolve this font problem?

Thanks,
Oline61

Last edited by oline61 (2007-02-21 02:11:49)

silvik

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From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

Re: Firefox Font Problem

I had some font problems in Firefox some time ago and they dissapeared when I installed Microsoft fonts (ttf-ms-fonts). Maybe this will work for you too.

oline61

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 3

Re: Firefox Font Problem

Thanks for the advice, but ttf-ms-fonts is already installed.

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: Firefox Font Problem

you might want to check out
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XOr … figuration
and its related articles (:

kokoko3k

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Registered: 2008-11-14

Posts: 2,473

Re: Firefox Font Problem

Did you managed to solve the issue?
How!?

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OBLiQUE

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Registered: 2008-12-04

Posts: 107

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Re: Firefox Font Problem

i solve this...just install microsoft fonts

pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts

goto directory ~/.mozilla/firefox/your_profile/chrome
and edit/create the files userChrome.css and userContent.css and put this inside

* {
font-family: Verdana !important;
}

synorgy

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From: $HOME

Registered: 2005-07-11

Posts: 272

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Re: Firefox Font Problem

Well, the first thing I'd probably do is install a version of firefox that utilizes the system cairo rather than the awful one shipped with Firefox. (I believe it's in the AUR with the name 'firefox-systemcairo' or something similar.) If that doesn't fix the issue, check the assigned fonts in the firefox config and amek sure they exist on the system and change them if necessary. Then I'd try playing with the stuff above.

I hope that helps!

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kokoko3k

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Registered: 2008-11-14

Posts: 2,473

Re: Firefox Font Problem

@Oblique, the way you solved the problem makes the site fonts all the same, ignoring css.
@Synorgy:
My firefox seems to use system cairo right now:

koko@nickinicki-laptop ~/.mozilla/firefox/Destra/chrome $ lsof -n|grep -i cairo |grep -i firefox
firefox   6287 koko  mem       REG        8,3    54393  191896 /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.2201.0
firefox   6287 koko  mem       REG        8,3   561259  148478 /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2.10800.4

Will check the fonts now...

Last edited by kokoko3k (2008-12-21 10:39:40)

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testube_babies

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From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2007-06-26

Posts: 115

Re: Firefox Font Problem

The font that is causing the problem is Tahoma.  A regular version of Tahoma is included in ttf-ms-fonts but a bold version is not, so your system simulates the bold version by making the regular font big and blurry.

One solution is to remove Tahoma from your system (rm /usr/share/fonts/TTF/tahoma.ttf).

Another solution is get the Tahoma Bold font (http://www.esnips.com/doc/69143904-b3ac … e/tahomabd) and install it in your ~/.fonts folder.

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Flasher

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From: Bavaria / Germany

Registered: 2005-04-24

Posts: 126

Re: Firefox Font Problem

@ testube_babies

WOW! Hint of the year 2008!!! It works! I copied the fonts in ~/.fonts and now the font in firefox is clear.
My test-website www.vdr-portal.de

Thank you very much!

Best regards,

Flasher

kokoko3k

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Registered: 2008-11-14

Posts: 2,473

Re: Firefox Font Problem

Great, problem solved here too

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