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jskier

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bin32-firefox font hinting not working, other bin32 apps look fine

I need bin32-firefox (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18644) for development and Citrix (I'm aware of the nswrapperplugin for 64bit Firefox- this doesn't work very well for me). Anyway, fonts look rough and jagged, like the hinting isn't being applied. Strangely, it works just fine with bin32-skype, Amazon MP3, Acroread, etc.

Any ideas on why this may be occurring and where I should look? I have tried switching to a new profile with the same results (didn't think this would work- but it is a strange problem).

I'm currently using the latest Ubuntu LCD packages (both native 64 and 32 bit). I'll post a screen shot when I'm at home later today in case what I'm saying needs a picture :)

Thank you in advance for any ideas or solutions,

Last edited by jskier (2009-12-22 12:17:43)

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: bin32-firefox font hinting not working, other bin32 apps look fine

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 06#p204606

jskier

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2003-07-30

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Re: bin32-firefox font hinting not working, other bin32 apps look fine

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 06#p204606

Hmm, I couldn't find that with what I was previously searching for in the forums. Anyway, good info, thank you.

I assume I should look into the PKGBUILD and see if I can compile bin32-firefox with a switch to get it to utilize the local fontconfig like Firefox (64bit) does?

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: bin32-firefox font hinting not working, other bin32 apps look fine

I guess the only option you have is to build Firefox from source. So that means you'll need to chroot in a 32-bit install anyway so you can drop the bin32-* "mess". I guess you're aware about this but just in case you're not, IIRC there's a nice wiki article on how to do that. Found it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … bit_system

jskier

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2003-07-30

Posts: 383

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Re: bin32-firefox font hinting not working, other bin32 apps look fine

I guess the only option you have is to build Firefox from source. So that means you'll need to chroot in a 32-bit install anyway so you can drop the bin32-* "mess". I guess you're aware about this but just in case you're not, IIRC there's a nice wiki article on how to do that. Found it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … bit_system

Indeed aware of that; when I came to the fork in the road I took the road more traveled

I'll probably just use my Windows XP vbox session for the time being since I prefer bin32 and it works for 95% of everything else

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