Firefox Font problem in Fedora

cool_techie_tvm · 22-11-2007, 12:31 AM

The fonts in firefox look very tiny to me and its barely readable. Anyway to increase it permanently ?? Am on FC 8. I can increase it by using ctrl +, but different pages are being rendered in different font sizes. Any help would be appreciated.

Lucky_star · 22-11-2007, 12:33 AM

Goto Tools->Options->Content

Select your required font and size

cool_techie_tvm · 22-11-2007, 12:36 AM

Tried that already, but different pages are showing up different font sizes. Besides for fedora, its edit->preferences->content

Lucky_star · 22-11-2007, 12:46 AM

Oho... Forgot, this is open source.

What I do is use the Ctrl button and roll the middle mouse button to zoom in.

Fedora has got really bad font settings as well as radio button shapes

cool_techie_tvm · 22-11-2007, 12:50 AM

True. Did a bit of googling i find i am not alone facing this particular scenario !!

QwertyManiac · 22-11-2007, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky_star

Oho... Forgot, this is open source.

Firefox for any platform is Open Source.

praka123 · 22-11-2007, 04:20 PM

what is ur screen resolution?make the dpi correct.for eg:in my 800x600@85hz display it is fonts size=96dpi.In Gnome(latest),u can set font size by going to menu
System>Preferences>Appearance>Fonts>Details>Resolu tion=96dpi for a 15" display.
You can tweak for ur display by following below post:

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...3&postcount=56
^only change is dont edit all those gdm files,just change System>Preferences>Appearance>Fonts>Details>Resolu tion =xy dpi
I found a better guide here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...lay_Size.2FDPI

BTW,for few having gdm fonts too small,editing theme xml(.usr/share/gdm/themes/urtheme/urtheme.xml solves the problem.for eg:each field like passwd field where it is "pw" in .xml file.

Lucky_star · 22-11-2007, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Firefox for any platform is Open Source.

I meant, this thread is in open source section.

cool_techie_tvm · 22-11-2007, 08:52 PM

@praka123 Too late yaar, Fedora started giving me headaches (font problems, bulky updates : took 2 hours to download 132MB worth updates and am on H500). Hence i had removed it. Now back into ubuntu

praka123 · 22-11-2007, 08:53 PM

yeah,debian package management FTW!

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cool_techie_tvm Alpha Geek Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 543	Firefox Font problem in Fedora The fonts in firefox look very tiny to me and its barely readable. Anyway to increase it permanently ?? Am on FC 8. I can increase it by using ctrl +, but different pages are being rendered in different font sizes. Any help would be appreciated.

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Lucky_star Still Shining! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Up 'n' above Posts: 1,162	Re: Firefox Font problem in Fedora Oho... Forgot, this is open source. What I do is use the Ctrl button and roll the middle mouse button to zoom in. Fedora has got really bad font settings as well as radio button shapes __________________ Simplicity is the ultimate Sophistication HP dv6 6121tx: Core i7 2630 QM \| 4GB \| AMD 6770M 2GB GDDR5 \| 640 GB Nokia N86 8MP

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praka123 left this forum longback Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: - Posts: 7,513	Re: Firefox Font problem in Fedora what is ur screen resolution?make the dpi correct.for eg:in my 800x600@85hz display it is fonts size=96dpi.In Gnome(latest),u can set font size by going to menu System>Preferences>Appearance>Fonts>Details>Resolu tion=96dpi for a 15" display. You can tweak for ur display by following below post: http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...3&postcount=56 ^only change is dont edit all those gdm files,just change System>Preferences>Appearance>Fonts>Details>Resolu tion =xy dpi I found a better guide here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...lay_Size.2FDPI BTW,for few having gdm fonts too small,editing theme xml(.usr/share/gdm/themes/urtheme/urtheme.xml solves the problem.for eg:each field like passwd field where it is "pw" in .xml file. __________________ left this forum long back.Admin Can Delete this Account and posts Permanantly.Thank You Get GNU/Linux - http://getgnulinux.org Last edited by praka123; 22-11-2007 at 04:42 PM.

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