[ubuntu] Firefox 3.5 looks strange

[helino]

After searching around on the internet, I found this post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...51&postcount=7

mentioning that:

firefox-3.5 takes its font hinting orders from fontconfig, instead of gnome's font settings

The question, how do I change fontconfig to use the same font as my gnome's font settings?

SOLVED: The following solved the font problem for me:

cd /etc/fonts/
sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf .
sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf conf.d/
sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting.conf .
sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting.conf conf.d/
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

[mutew]

Originally Posted by helino SOLVED: The following solved the font problem for me: cd /etc/fonts/ sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf . sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf conf.d/ sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting.conf . sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting.conf conf.d/ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

Since the existing hinting files in conf.d are nothing more than soft links to the same filename under ../conf.avail I am assuming that by these commands you are disabling the soft link. I tried the same by renaming the soft link instead of pointing it to elsewhere, as you have done, but the browser still renders the fonts like before.

Here is a screenshot of Firefox 3.0.11 and Firefox 3.5

[magnuseh]

Originally Posted by mutew Since the existing hinting files in conf.d are nothing more than soft links to the same filename under ../conf.avail I am assuming that by these commands you are disabling the soft link. I tried the same by renaming the soft link instead of pointing it to elsewhere, as you have done, but the browser still renders the fonts like before. Here is a screenshot of Firefox 3.0.11 and Firefox 3.5

I also experienced very different and strange-looking fonts in Firefox after upgrading to 3.5. Changing the default hinting from slight to medium in fontconfig solved the problem for me.

The following steps should to the trick:

cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
rm 10-hinting-slight.conf
ln -s ../conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf .

Then close all open instances of Firefox and restart it.

[Vadi]

Thanks, this helped.

[mutew]

Originally Posted by magnuseh I also experienced very different and strange-looking fonts in Firefox after upgrading to 3.5. Changing the default hinting from slight to medium in fontconfig solved the problem for me. The following steps should to the trick: cd /etc/fonts/conf.d rm 10-hinting-slight.conf ln -s ../conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf .

Did you make any further changes in /etc/fonts/conf.d or just this one?

[tinivole]

May I also note that the URL colours in the address bar are also different in the new firefox-3.5 version. (Blue and brownish black do not go very well with my eyes).

To fix.

Go into your ~/.mozilla/firefox-3.5/*/chrome directory, and create the following file:

userChrome.css

Then paste in the following:

    .ac-comment {
    font-size: 100%! important;
    color: #CCCCCC ! important;
    }

    .ac-comment[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }

    .ac-url-text {
    font-size: 100% ! important;
    color: #999999 ! important;
    }

    .ac-url-text[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }

This restores it to near enough expected behaviour (for me at least) that I get in Firefox 3.0

Feel free to play about with the colours.

Regards
Iain

[chris.pappas]

Originally Posted by magnuseh I also experienced very different and strange-looking fonts in Firefox after upgrading to 3.5. Changing the default hinting from slight to medium in fontconfig solved the problem for me. The following steps should to the trick: cd /etc/fonts/conf.d rm 10-hinting-slight.conf ln -s ../conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf . Then close all open instances of Firefox and restart it.

This helped me fix the hinting problem as well. Font 'sizes' are now back to normal.

[sleepingdragon]

Originally Posted by magnuseh I also experienced very different and strange-looking fonts in Firefox after upgrading to 3.5. Changing the default hinting from slight to medium in fontconfig solved the problem for me. The following steps should to the trick: cd /etc/fonts/conf.d rm 10-hinting-slight.conf ln -s ../conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf . Then close all open instances of Firefox and restart it.

Thanks! That one worked for me. Me eyes were starting to bleed with the rough fonts.

[brendanpiater]

Originally Posted by magnuseh I also experienced very different and strange-looking fonts in Firefox after upgrading to 3.5. Changing the default hinting from slight to medium in fontconfig solved the problem for me. The following steps should to the trick: cd /etc/fonts/conf.d rm 10-hinting-slight.conf ln -s ../conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf . Then close all open instances of Firefox and restart it.

I ran the above commands as sudo and worked 100% for me.

Thanks.

[EarthMind]

Nothing works for me, the fonts still look ugly. The userChrome.css fix for the address dropdown list urls didn't work either...