[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-14 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
RE: «I have subpixel smoothing selected and in Details I have 96 dpi resolution, subpixel smoothing and full hinting, subpixel order RGB. With "None" and "slight" hinting the fonts are made slightly bigger, but with "medium" and "full" they are normal, but they aren't blurred.» Those who see the

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-14 Thread Teej
Could well be, but I think we can consider firefox as triaged, as it has all the debugging information, and it has been sent upstream too. If firefox and openoffice aren't respecting the GNOME display settings i.e. subpixel rendering/hinting then it is unlikely to be cairo, freetype or fontconfi

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-14 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
I don't think it has to do with xorg. Rather with libcairo2, libfontconfig1,libfreetype6 or with the way firefox-3.5 is using them. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-14 Thread Teej
If that is the case, then perhaps it would be a good idea to get some X.org debugging information too. Can you run "apport-collect -p xorg 67226" and let it pull the information into the bug report? Thank you. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Change

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-13 Thread Detlef Lechner
I suspect that the actual bug exists in a lower software layer and not in firefox 3.5.3 because in Ubuntu Karmic my Kexi renders the letters blurry as well. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-13 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => New -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-13 Thread Teej
Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522046 this is also being tracked here in Launchpad, and I am marking this as Triaged as I believe here is enough informat

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-13 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
The very same bug is reported in Arch Linux: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15343 And it reads: "I have anti-aliasing turned off [...]. Firefox 3.0 did respect these settings, but after upgrading to Firefox 3.5 all fonts are anti-aliased [...]" (edited for a better clarity) Upstream, pango or Cai

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-13 Thread Detlef Lechner
'~apt cache policy openoffice.org openoffice.org: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:3.1.1.1-2ubuntu4 Version table: 1:3.1.1-2ubuntu4 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
What you don't want to understand is that there is no need for any debug info. Just tale the latest live-cd daily build, or take the beta, and boot it! At least on a system with Intel video, Firefox will show the font antialiasing different than all the other gtk+ applications in both GNOME and X

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
WRT https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage/Charts: There is "enough info" if anyone can take the beta CD, boot it and notice the bug. All the package versions are on that DVD. Hardware-wise, the Intel video definitely shows it, but I very much doubt it has anything to do with hardware, as long a

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Teej
My honesty/integrity is not the issue here, this is a bug report and as such, a request for debugging information has been made, perhaps you missed that. May I also remind you that everyone here is a volunteer and we are all working for a common goal...free software for everyone! You can see from m

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Teej
Also, can you confirm what version of openoffice you are using please? "apt-cache policy openoffice.org" Thanks :) ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You rece

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
Teej, There are at least 3 independent/different users who are seeing this bug in Ubuntu/Xubuntu Karmic Koala and it's a very valid bug! Teej, You're not honest and complaints should be filed against you up to Mark Shuttleworth in person. Only someone who DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THIS BUG can't see

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Teej
I am not seeing this in Jaunty, and do not remember seeing it in Karmic. ** Changed in: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-12 Thread Teej
@Detlef Lechner: Can you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect -p firefox-3.5 67226 This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package fr

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-11 Thread David Tomaschik
I can confirm that it seems that firefox text does not change with changes to subpixel smoothing font options. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-10-04 Thread Detlef Lechner
This bug persists also after updating to Karmic Beta. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-09-29 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
IMNSHO, this has nothing to do with either of the kernel, other packages, GNOME or XFCE, hardware or Mother Teresa. It has only to do with the firefox-3.5 package (or one of its dependencies?), which HAS BEEN BUILD WITH THE WRONG OPTIONS... ...or the upstream code is broken! It's as simple as th

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-09-29 Thread Detlef Lechner
I am affected, too. '~uname -a; Linux T43 2.6.31-11-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 25 06:37:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux" My hardware is IBM Thinkpad T43. This computer type has been produced in millions. I have sent an apport report. I hope that you have received it. Let me know what additional te

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-09-24 Thread Stef Walter
I can confirm that this continues to be a problem with me. Firefox version is 3.5.3. I'm attaching an image of the fuzzy fonts. No other program (not even thunderbird) shows fonts like this on my karmic machine. While the fonts shown in openoffice are uglier than the remainder of the programs, the

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-09-10 Thread Radu Cristian Fotescu
This bug is VERY VALID AND COMPLETELY DEFINED as follows: «Firefox 3.5.2 is not respecting the subpixel rendering preferences of GNOME in Ubuntu Karmic as of today, Sep 10 2009». -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 You received th

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-08-31 Thread John Vivirito
This is NOT a firefox bug this is a font bug since OO.O also has this problem. There is a bug on "hinting" already i just dont recall the bug number. Can you please search for it in Launchpad. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67226 Yo

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-08-31 Thread John Vivirito
I changed firefox to firefox 3.5 "firefox" = 2.0 "firefox-3.0" = 3.0 and so on. 3.0 will not receive this fix as it is only getting security updates. we can try 3.5 but i think its the same. Please test with 3.5 in repos ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-08-31 Thread John Vivirito
Noone has yet to add info about what versions of Firefox you are using. I will reopen bug and add OO.O to the tasks. i need to know what versions of firefox OO.O and anyother apps you see this with -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2009-08-29 Thread Stef Walter
This is a real bug. I just upgraded to karmic. Previously in jaunty all the fonts were sharp. Now after upgrading. The chrome (ie: the menu bar, tool bar) fonts in firefox is blurry. This is clearly visible from the screenshot attached by Keidson. It's as if firefox is not respecting the subpixel

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-25 Thread Jonh Wendell
We're rejecting this bug report, once this isn't a real bug. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: Keidson Paiva de Freitas => (unassigned) Status: Fix Released => Rejected -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://launchpad.net/bugs/67226 -- ubuntu

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-25 Thread Keidson Paiva de Freitas
The problem was solved changing the font hinting to subpixel (lcd) in font properties under gnome. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Keidson Paiva de Freitas Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering http

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-25 Thread Jonh Wendell
Great. I do use both, laptop and desktop. By the way, you've solved your problem, right? I guess we can close this bug, ok? -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://launchpad.net/bugs/67226 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-25 Thread Keidson Paiva de Freitas
Oskar your tip is right. Look at the screenshot now, all fonts look great now, even in openoffice they got better (not perfect but better :)). Thanks a lot for the tip. And Jonh, are you using a lcd or a crt monitor? Maybe in your computer you can't see the difference because you are using an c

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-25 Thread Jonh Wendell
Keidson: What do you think? Is your problem about big fonts? Is it solved by adjusting font sizes? Or are you talking about something i did not understand? -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://launchpad.net/bugs/67226 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-24 Thread Oskar Rubinstein
> Well, that's good. There is no bug... I have to disagree. If you look at the screenshot, you see clearly that the Firefox menu has autohinted blurry fonts. IKeidson, if you choose subpixel rendering and full hinting in your font config settings, does it get better? -- Font is too blurry in fi

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-23 Thread Jonh Wendell
Well, that's good. There is no bug... If you don't like the big fonts, choose 14 or 12 in font size, instead of 16. -- Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering https://launchpad.net/bugs/67226 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-23 Thread Keidson Paiva de Freitas
Actually my font configuration is already set like you suggested, the problem is that the fonts looks like bold all the time. I am sending one screenshot of firefox and gedit for compare. Thanks. ** Attachment added: "Firefox/gedit screen" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4930722/firefox_gedit.

[Bug 67226] Re: Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering

2006-10-23 Thread Jonh Wendell
Hi. Thanks for your bug report. Can you do the following steps? (Assuming you're using edgy): - Open Edit/Preferences; - Go to "Content" tab - Click on "Advanced" button (under fonts & colors group) - Choose the fonts: Proportional -> Serif (Size: 16) Serif -> serif Sans-serif -> sans-serif