Problems in firefox rendering on Ubuntu.

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 07:27 PM

my firefox's rendering is in poor on ubuntu while compared to using on windows. the fonts are too small and not in clear..
what is the reason.. is any way to improve..

gopi_vbboy · 25-10-2008, 07:38 PM

Try zooming in.....

Press Ctrl++

Gigacore · 25-10-2008, 08:00 PM

yes.. it is quite bad in my ubuntu's FF too... anyway to fix this thingy ?

gopi_vbboy · 25-10-2008, 08:05 PM

^
have u tried all FF setting stufss like encoding,font size,etc...try googling for this issue...i hope may help u

iMav · 25-10-2008, 08:22 PM

Won't help. I have had this problem since Gutsy. Asked on this forum too, didn't help.

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/sear...archid=1882263

NucleusKore · 25-10-2008, 08:24 PM

It's not a firefox problem. Install liberation fonts through synaptic and change the Ubuntu system default fonts. Everything will be fine after that.

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

It's not a firefox problem. Install liberation fonts through synaptic and change the Ubuntu system default fonts. Everything will be fine after that.

i am new to linux.. can u please explain how to do that...

NucleusKore · 25-10-2008, 08:57 PM

On your Ubuntu Desktop, click on System->Administration->Synaptic

In Synaptic click on settings->Repositories,and in that make sure all are ticked as shown below, especially the one which is highlighted

Click close and click the Reload button in synaptic

After everything is refreshed, click Search and look for liberation, you will get a package named ttf-liberation, mark that for installation by clicking on it and click the Apply button. Liberation fonts will get downloaded and installed on to your system.

Now close synaptic, and click on System->Preferences->Appearance

In the dialog box that opens click on the fonts tab

Now in that you will see fonts for various purposes, application, desktop etc. Change each one to the liberation equivalent by clicking on it. So change sans to liberation sans, mono to liberation mono, sans bold to liberation sans, and in that select bold. Then close the dialog box and then open Firefox and see the difference

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 09:12 PM

thanx nucl..
i feel the difference..
but i feel, it doest not look crispy as in windows..
does linux suck at this area..why

NucleusKore · 25-10-2008, 09:22 PM

Which graphics card are you using?

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 09:23 PM

7300 Gt
Amd 64 3500+
2gb Ddr

NucleusKore · 25-10-2008, 09:47 PM

Open Firefox
Click on Edit->Preferences->Content
Change as follows

Click on Advanced and change as follows

Also uncheck allow pages to choose their own fonts

I believe your card is NVidia. Have you installed the propriety drivers?

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 10:09 PM

done it.. but still not up to the mark..

.i installed nvidia accelerated graphics driver ..every time i booting ubuntu,, Nvidia logo screen appears..