I've been through old versions of firefox and the last good version was the final release of firefox 17. I'll attach a screenshot.
** Attachment added: "Firefox 17 with good font rendering" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1105328/+attachment/3522099/+files/17.0.1%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1.png -- 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/1105328 Title: Firefox renders text poorly on some sites Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Firefox has begun rendering fonts incorrectly in some situations. I have noticed this mostly in Gmail and Google Docs, where red text will have dark pixels on the left side of characters (see attachment; left is Firefox, right is Chrome). On some other websites, lightly-colored text will have lighter-colored pixels drawn on the left side of the characters. However, the issue is not limited to red text. Even black text seems rendered/smoothed poorly in Firefox compared to Chrome (perhaps this part is subjective). Oddly it also does not happen on every website. Writing "Gmail" and "Inbox" in red 12pt Arial in Google Documents exhibits the problem seen in the attached screenshot, while writing the same text in Zoho Writer does not. In Google Documents, I can actually see the text rendered without this problem for a moment as the page loads, but something gets applied during the page loading process that changes the rendering to its final distorted state. Finally, running in safe mode or using a new profile do not affect this problem. I do not recall seeing this problem in versions before 18.0, but it could have been around in later revisions of v17. I also haven't been able to notice this problem in other desktop applications. Release: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: Firefox 18.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 Expected: Fonts are drawn correctly. Instead: Colored fonts have incorrectly-colored features on the left side. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: firefox 18.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: fourwood 1988 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20130116231921 Channel: Unavailable Date: Fri Jan 25 11:45:31 2013 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-16 (467 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) IpRoute: default via 192.168.5.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.5.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.165 metric 1 MarkForUpload: True MostRecentCrashID: bp-ea3fb463-f6c0-499e-b262-b35e42120312 PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/twitternotif...@naan.net/defaults/preferences/pref.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=18.0.1/20130116231921 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.97-1ubuntu6.1 icedtea-7-plugin 1.3-1ubuntu1.1 totem-mozilla 3.4.3-0ubuntu5 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-ea3fb463-f6c0-499e-b262-b35e42120312 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-18 (98 days ago) WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 10/10/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.name: 0HT027 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd10/10/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0HT027:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1105328/+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
