[Bug 42955] Re: Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2009-08-31 Thread John Vivirito
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 42955] Re: Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-28 Thread Alexander Sack
** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 42955] Re: Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-07 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Strange: I went to Preferences: Appearances: Fonts, and went into Details to turn Smoothing to Greyscale and Hinting to Slight, and the typefaces looked better (like that in OpenOffice.org)! I consider it resolved this way for me. -- Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://

[Bug 42955] Re: Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-07 Thread Kaihsu Tai
To demonstrate, I attach an image. Notice the difference in the rendering of the letter ‘a’ for example. In the image, you can see how differently gnome-panel, OpenOffice.org 2.3, Firefox 2.0.0.11, and Gran Paradiso (firefox-3.0) render the typeface Gentium with about the same size. OpenOffice.org

[Bug 42955] Re: Firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-07 Thread Kaihsu Tai
I installed and tested firefox-3.0. I can see the rendering is ‘different’ but the problem still persists. In about:config, I have: font.FreeType2.autohinted;true font.FreeType2.enable;true font.FreeType2.unhinted;false and the rendering is very similar to that in the first image I posted on 2007

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-07 Thread Alexander Sack
to verify: Install the firefox-3.0 package. you should be able to use it without interfering your "normal" firefox install. Thanks, - Alexander -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-05 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Still problematic in Firefox 2.0.0.11 + Gutsy. -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

Re: [Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-12-04 Thread Kaihsu Tai
How does one verify this? Alexander Sack, 2007-11-06 17:35:37-: > Is this an issue with the firefox-3.0 package available in gutsy > universe? Anyone can verify? -- 2007-12-10 Human Rights Day http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/ -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-11-27 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Still problematic in Firefox 2.0.0.10 + Gutsy. -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-11-06 Thread Alexander Sack
Is this an issue with the firefox-3.0 package available in gutsy universe? Anyone can verify? Thanks, - Alexander ** Also affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- firefox is not honoring /

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-30 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Strangely, if I open a web link from the ‘About Ubuntu’ help page, the font is antialiased. Running ps -elf |grep firefox gave the following: 0 S kaihsu 12709 1 0 85 0 - 438 wait 12:20 ?00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/firefox http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ 0 S kaihsu 12722 1

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-29 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Now, I have upgraded the NFS-mounted version to 2.0.0.8. So both copies are 2.0.0.8, but the NFS-mounted one does not have the font problem, whereas the local one in /usr/bin/firefox does! What could be wrong? -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-29 Thread Kaihsu Tai
I have a network-file-system-mounted version of Firefox 2.0.0.6 in which the problem does not seem to occur. (The problem is there in 2.0.0.8.) -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-23 Thread Mante
Disabling language-selector.conf in /etc/fonts doesn't help? mv /etc/fonts/language-selector.conf /etc/fonts/language-selector.conf~ and then restart gnome -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-23 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Just upgraded Firefox to ‘Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071022 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.8’, but problem still remains. -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-21 Thread Kaihsu Tai
The setting in my NFS-mounted home directory worked beautifully with the correct rendering in Feisty, but not in Gutsy. -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-18 Thread Kaihsu Tai
I should add that this is a problem when I am using the typeface Gentium. When I use a typeface such as FreeSerif, there seems to be antialiasing (no problem; I attach screenshot for this). ** Attachment added: "antialias-firefox.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10056814/antialias-firefox.png

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-10-18 Thread Kaihsu Tai
Still a problem in Gutsy. (I updated last night.) I attach a screenshot, which I hope illustrates this bug (or maybe I am reporting a new bug? Let me know if that is the case). You can notice that the shapes of the letters are different in the menu bar and in the browser-rendered content. In partic

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-09-19 Thread Marco Rodrigues
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: Mozilla Team => Mozilla Bugs -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2007-06-17 Thread Marco Rodrigues
Still a problem at Feisty ?! ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: fontconfig => firefox Assignee: (unassigned) => Mozilla Team Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42955 You received t

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2006-07-11 Thread Charles
Ok, I finally found a solution. I updated my XML files, please go ahead and follow this tutorial that will fix fonts for good: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=208396 - Problem was in fontconfig. Now fonts in Firefox are going to look good. -- firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf

[Bug 42955] Re: firefox is not honoring /etc/fonts/local.conf settings

2006-07-11 Thread Charles
I can confirm this bug in Firefox in Ubuntu. I've been trying to fix it but no one knows how to fix it: http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52331 http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=50371 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=211827 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph