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#1 2009-01-11 11:01:28

Cew27
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[solved] webpages have big and bold text?

as the title says for me sites like http://forums.overclockers.co.uk have big and boldish titles for the threads, how do i fix this

Last edited by Cew27 (2009-01-13 18:51:25)

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#2 2009-01-11 11:09:34

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

Configure your browser to not let sites pick their own fonts. For firefox, it's on the contents tab in preferences, select the advanced font settings.

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#3 2009-01-11 12:43:51

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

why does it work in windows? not in arch

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#4 2009-01-11 13:01:38

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

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#5 2009-01-11 13:54:58

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

its only one website that has this problem and thats the overclockers forums. i dont want to set my own fonts as i like the websites theme to fit in

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#6 2009-01-11 21:11:24

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

To my eye the overclockers site looks exactly the same when viewed with Firefox on Arch and IE7 on WinXP:
tMTRhMQ

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#7 2009-01-11 21:19:29

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

thats how it should look. mine is still really bold im not sure why aybe you have some fonts i dont

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#8 2009-01-12 19:41:25

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

Cew27 wrote:

thats how it should look. mine is still really bold im not sure why aybe you have some fonts i dont

This is what I have installed:

local/artwiz-fonts 1.3-3
local/font-bitstream-speedo 1.0.0-4
local/gsfonts 8.11-4
local/terminus-font 4.28-1
local/xorg-fonts-100dpi 1.0.1-1 (xorg)
local/xorg-fonts-75dpi 1.0.1-2 (xorg)
local/xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3
local/xorg-fonts-type1 7.3-1
local/ttf-bitstream-vera 1.10-5
local/ttf-cheapskate 2.0-5
local/ttf-dejavu 2.28-1
local/ttf-liberation 1.04-1
local/ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-1

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#9 2009-01-12 19:47:55

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

@Cew27
slemKaffe's and azleifel's point is that in order to be able to display certain fonts, you need to actually have them installed. If that webset is trying to display a font that isn't on your system, your system will use something else and you might end up with an ugly page.


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#10 2009-01-12 20:00:04

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

I'm 99.9% sure your problem is that your DPI is not set properly.  Post the output of 'xdpyinfo | grep -C  5 dim'


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#11 2009-01-12 20:13:05

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

[cew27@Cew27 ~]$ xdpyinfo | grep -C  5 dim
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x800 pixels (290x181 millimeters)
  resolution:    112x112 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x13b
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1

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#12 2009-01-12 20:42:16

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

You can set your DPI in your ~/.Xdefaults file:

Xft.dpi: 96

I forinstance use 96 on a 1400x1050 resolution on a 12" screen. Try different DPI settings and see if it helps.

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#13 2009-01-13 02:11:10

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

I use 96 dpi as well, but mine is set through nvidia settigns in Xorg.conf.  As you can see, your dpi is set to 112, which is kind of odd.  Try playing with that setting and see if you get the results you want.


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#14 2009-01-13 08:03:04

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

what should i set it for my 1280x800 laptop?

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#15 2009-01-13 12:03:02

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

I guess the man was pretty clear when he said

Try playing with that setting and see if you get the results you want.

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#16 2009-01-13 16:03:32

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

i thought a reccomendation would save me some time

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#17 2009-01-13 16:06:02

Cew27
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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

no difference with 75 dpi

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#18 2009-01-13 16:14:24

Cew27
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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

well no difference with dpi set in xdefaults

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#19 2009-01-13 16:16:14

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

Did you verify that the dpi actually changed by rerunning the command I gave you before?  You need to restart X each time you make a change.

BTW I use a dpi of 96, try that.

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#20 2009-01-13 17:51:43

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

stil 112 x 112

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#21 2009-01-13 18:40:59

azleifel
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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

If you have nvidia video and are using the nvidia driver then add the following to the Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you have one) and restart X:

        Option          "UseEdidDpi" "False"
        Option          "DPI" "96 x 96"

If you are using gnome then select System -> Preferences -> Appearance, click on the Fonts tab, click on Details... and check that the resolution is also set to 96 dots per inch.  While you are there, set smoothing to subpixel and hinting to full, or pick whatever other setting looks best.

Edit: Oh, and make sure that you have the ttf-ms-fonts package installed.

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#22 2009-01-13 18:51:43

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Re: [solved] webpages have big and bold text?

why didnt i see that before in ghome appearances

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