Firefox fonts

[Minsky]

I'm using OpenSUSE 12.1 with Gnome and I'm having problems with the menu fonts in Firefox - they look "thin & spindly" - it seems that Firefox is ignoring the system font settings. I had a similar problem when 11.4 first came out and I managed to solve it by enabling subpixel rendering in the 'Appearances' tool which I can't find in 12.1. Has anyone else had the same problem and could they help me sort this? Thanks

[caf4926]

Index of /subpixel/openSUSE_12.1/

You need to add the package: fontconfig-feature-subpixel-hinting


Then switch to that repo

I then suggest you switch all fonts to Droid-Sans

[Ian Gay]

caf4926 wrote:

>
> 'Index of /subpixel/openSUSE_12.1/'
> (http://repos.opensuse-community.org/...openSUSE_12.1/)
>
> You need to add the package: fontconfig-feature-subpixel-hinting
>
>
> Then switch to that repo
>
> I then suggest you switch all fonts to Droid-Sans
>
>


Or, alternatively, you can do it within firefox by installing the
"Theme and font size changer" extension.

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[Minsky]

Thanks for the replies, I installed 'fontconfig-feature-subpixel-hinting' and that fixed it. Do I need to leave the repo enabled or should I delete it?

[caf4926]

Thanks for the replies, I installed 'fontconfig-feature-subpixel-hinting' and that fixed it. Do I need to leave the repo enabled or should I delete it?

You can leave it as there is nothing else in there that could mess up your system.

[deano_ferrari]

You can leave it as there is nothing else in there that could mess up your system.

It may also be worth locking this package once installed, as IIRC, I remember installing this, and it was removed with some later update.

[Minsky]

Thanks, I'll leave it locked and loaded then

[michaelhust]

Hi,

in my case the fonts in Firefox and Thunderbird changed after installing the microsoft fonts.

Best wishes

Michael

[caf4926]

after installing the microsoft fonts.

I don't install those anymore

[vanthangnam]

let try this, it worked for me. Get the best font rendering in openSUSE 12.1 GNOME