why is my font so terrible in firefox 1.5?

slinky2004 · 12-24-2005, 07:25 AM

i've used 1.5 before on slackware, but i recently decided to try Arch linux. i went out to getfirefox.com and grabbed firefox, but for some reason my fonts all look screwy, like they're not antialiased or something. here's a screenshot: http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/6...eenshot3xd.png i don't understand what's up because everything else seems to be working fine, fontwise.

linmix · 12-24-2005, 07:49 AM

Hmm, sure looks bad. Did you try changing the preferred fonts in the options menu?

slinky2004 · 12-24-2005, 08:40 AM

well, i've tried a few things concerning fonts under edit --> preferences --> content in firefox, if that's what you mean. it doesnt seem to matter what font or size, they all look bad.

linmix · 12-24-2005, 08:48 AM

tools>options>general>fonts and colors is where I set mine.

bathory · 12-24-2005, 08:48 AM

Write

Code:

about:config

in the address bar and then in the Filter field write "freetype". It will filter out everything about the freetype settings of your firefox.
By double-clicking on an entry you can change it to "true" to enable it. So try to enable freetype support to see if your fonts improve.

linmix · 12-28-2005, 04:16 PM

Did you find a sollution?
SInce a couple of days the thread titles look really wobbely in my 'old' firefox as well.