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#1

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

#2

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

#3

caf4926 wrote:

>
> ‘Index of /subpixel/openSUSE_12.1/’
> (http://repos.opensuse-community.org/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
>
>

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

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#4

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?

#5

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

#6 
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.

#7

Thanks, I’ll leave it locked and loaded then :slight_smile:

#8

Hi,

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

Best wishes

Michael

#9

after installing the microsoft fonts.
I don’t install those anymore

#10

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