Confirmed! This bug has been present in all versions of Ubuntu and Firefox, as far as I can remember. I've been changing serif to DejaVu Sans to work around it.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23267 Title: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “xulrunner-1.9” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The default Hebrew fonts in firefox are unreadable and ugly, The default can be easily changed. suggestion: using the Hebrew font package "Culmus", already in ubuntu, firefox settings: Proportional: Sans Serif Size(pixels) 16 Serif : FreeSans Sans-serif : FreeSans Monospace : Monospace Size(pixels) 12 Those values are based on feedback from a local (and the main) LUG www.whatsup.org.il Thanks in advance! (as a side note: most of the israeli users of FOSS seems to prefer english UI - changing the values only for the locale will be - in ,my opinion - insufficient) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/23267/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp