firefox menu fonts smaller and not as "smooth" as usual

[greatshape]

I 've just installed kubuntu on my laptop.
Everything works great, but the menu fonts in firefox don't look the same as wih Ubuntu or my other box running Suse 9.2. The are smaller and not as smooth as normal. I have the same in openoffice.
As far as i remember i had this once before about 1 year ago when i installed firefox without XFT+GTK support. After installing the version with GTK+XFT the problem was solved then.
Any idea's?
tnx
Steve

[wbeck85]

Originally Posted by greatshape I 've just installed kubuntu on my laptop. Everything works great, but the menu fonts in firefox don't look the same as wih Ubuntu or my other box running Suse 9.2. The are smaller and not as smooth as normal. I have the same in openoffice. As far as i remember i had this once before about 1 year ago when i installed firefox without XFT+GTK support. After installing the version with GTK+XFT the problem was solved then. Any idea's? tnx Steve

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!

This has been bothering me too since I installed Kubuntu several weeks ago. THis afternoon, I finally found a package that solves this problem.
The problem is that Firefox is using GTK to render, or whatever. I know very little about this. But I do know that Gnome uses GTK and KDE uses QT for the most part. Please, someone correct me if I am wrong.
So, KDE is not rendering the GTK fonts correctly in Firefox ro any other gnome based app. the solution?

$ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt
(or install via synaptic/kynaptic/kpackage)

Once it is installed, go to settings:/LookNFeel/ in Konqueror. Click on the new icon that is there. It is the gnome footprint and says "GTK Styles and Fonts." Under GTK Styles, select "Use another style" and select "Qt." Under "GTK Fonts" Select "Use another font" and change it to whatever you want. I suppse you could leave the two choices at "Use my KDE..." but for some reason, that did not work for me.
Anyway, open up Firefox/thunderbird/synapitc/gaim and marvel at the beauty!

[greatshape]

Originally Posted by wbeck85 I FIGURED IT OUT!!! $ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (or install via synaptic/kynaptic/kpackage) Once it is installed, go to settings:/LookNFeel/ in Konqueror. Click on the new icon that is there. It is the gnome footprint and says "GTK Styles and Fonts." Under GTK Styles, select "Use another style" and select "Qt." Under "GTK Fonts" Select "Use another font" and change it to whatever you want. I suppse you could leave the two choices at "Use my KDE..." but for some reason, that did not work for me. Anyway, open up Firefox/thunderbird/synapitc/gaim and marvel at the beauty!

Perfect job man!!!!
Works like a charm!! Tnx!!

Regards, steve.

[ensenadaubuntulover]

Originally Posted by wbeck85 I FIGURED IT OUT!!! This has been bothering me too since I installed Kubuntu several weeks ago. THis afternoon, I finally found a package that solves this problem. The problem is that Firefox is using GTK to render, or whatever. I know very little about this. But I do know that Gnome uses GTK and KDE uses QT for the most part. Please, someone correct me if I am wrong. So, KDE is not rendering the GTK fonts correctly in Firefox ro any other gnome based app. the solution? $ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (or install via synaptic/kynaptic/kpackage) Once it is installed, go to settings:/LookNFeel/ in Konqueror. Click on the new icon that is there. It is the gnome footprint and says "GTK Styles and Fonts." Under GTK Styles, select "Use another style" and select "Qt." Under "GTK Fonts" Select "Use another font" and change it to whatever you want. I suppse you could leave the two choices at "Use my KDE..." but for some reason, that did not work for me. Anyway, open up Firefox/thunderbird/synapitc/gaim and marvel at the beauty!

EXCELLENT!!! many many thanks my eyes feel better now!!!

[ceti]

Where's this LooknFeel thing?
Can't find it.
Thanx.

[greatshape]

Originally Posted by ceti Where's this LooknFeel thing? Can't find it. Thanx.

In the address field from Konqueror, type " settings:/LookNFeel/ "
(without the " " of course!)
Regards, Steve

[ceti]

Originally Posted by greatshape In the address field from Konqueror, type " settings:/LookNFeel/ " (without the " " of course!) Regards, Steve

Ok, I'll try it.
Thanx.

[angrykeyboarder]

Originally Posted by wbeck85 I FIGURED IT OUT!!! This has been bothering me too since I installed Kubuntu several weeks ago. THis afternoon, I finally found a package that solves this problem. The problem is that Firefox is using GTK to render, or whatever. I know very little about this. But I do know that Gnome uses GTK and KDE uses QT for the most part. Please, someone correct me if I am wrong. So, KDE is not rendering the GTK fonts correctly in Firefox ro any other gnome based app. the solution? $ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (or install via synaptic/kynaptic/kpackage) Once it is installed, go to settings:/LookNFeel/ in Konqueror. Click on the new icon that is there. It is the gnome footprint and says "GTK Styles and Fonts." Under GTK Styles, select "Use another style" and select "Qt." Under "GTK Fonts" Select "Use another font" and change it to whatever you want. I suppse you could leave the two choices at "Use my KDE..." but for some reason, that did not work for me. Anyway, open up Firefox/thunderbird/synapitc/gaim and marvel at the beauty!

Beauty indeed! With those packages installed Firefox often looks better in KDE than it does in GNOME. Go figure....

[ensenadaubuntulover]

Originally Posted by angrykeyboarder Beauty indeed! With those packages installed Firefox often looks better in KDE than it does in GNOME. Go figure....

I did it in my laptop and worked beautifully now I want to repeat the action in my desktop and no can do , what went wrong?
got lost somewhwre (no new icon found)

[ensenadaubuntulover]

found it (have to turn off the machine firdt (duh) and now it worked beautifully