Firefox 4: fonts

[BigAl-sa]

Note: This is for Linux users.
As I mentioned in the Firefox 4 links thread, the fonts in Firefox 4 on my netbook looked horrible, so I went back to 3.6.16. However, the difference in speed is *really* noticeable, so I had to find a fix. It would appear that FF ignores the system fonts settings in Gnome. What works is to create a .fonts.conf in your home directory containing the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
   <const>rgb</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
   <const>hintfull</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
</fontconfig>

I've got really spiffy looking fonts now - I'll just have to see if any other apps break

 

[sand_man]

Note: This is for Linux users.

I've got really spiffy looking fonts now - I'll just have to see if any other apps break

Not a Linux user so don't murder me but doesn't the theme font and size changer work in Linux?

 

[adrianx]

Not a Linux user so don't murder me but doesn't the theme font and size changer work in Linux?

It works, but some applications don't play nicely with it. There is usually a workaround for those few that don't.

 

[ponder]

Don't use FF but I just opened FF4 and the fonts in Chromium are better.

I just tried FF4 it with your .fonts.conf file and it's even worse!

 

[sand_man]

Don't use FF but I just opened FF4 and the fonts in Chromium are better.

I just tried FF4 it with your .fonts.conf file and it's even worse!

Surely you want to use this though...??

 

[ponder]

Surely you want to use this though...??

Not really, I don't use FF, just have it installed.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Surely you want to use this though...??

The problem is not with the size or face, but rather the rendering and the hinting of the font by FF. There are as many font related complaints for Windows as for Gnome, but the Windows problems seem to be related to the hardware acceleration.