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Funky Firefox Fonts
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Post # 299814
 Funky Firefox Fonts [Solved]All of a sudden, the fonts in Firefox have started looking odd. Best way to describe it is it looks like a printed page that's just starting to get low on ink.
Got clue? I think I have a profile backup that predates this starting up. This is Warren's Fx 4.0.1 in M11, system specs in sig line. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd Last edited by uncle mark on Mon May 14, 2012 4:53 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 12:57 pm |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:53 am Posts: 2184 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Has thanked: 589 times Have thanks: 510 times
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Post # 299815
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts My guess is, this happened after you updated xulrunner.
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| Mon May 14, 2012 1:12 pm |
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MEPIS Rules!  Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:02 pm Posts: 308 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Has thanked: 0 time Have thanks: 36 times
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Post # 299818
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts I just updated all available packages, which included xulrunner, & my fonts in FF appear normal.
I have not performed a reboot, yet. Dell laptop XPS1340 with Nvidia graphics Jerry in Anchorage |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 3:34 pm |
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MEPIS Rules! Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:02 pm Posts: 308 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Has thanked: 0 time Have thanks: 36 times
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Post # 299819
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts Just did a reboot, & still normal
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| Mon May 14, 2012 3:40 pm |
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MEPIS Guide Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:53 am Posts: 2184 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Has thanked: 589 times Have thanks: 510 times
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Post # 299820
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts
Are you using the same version of firefox (4.0.1)? I've been thinking about pinning xulrunner as I've done with firefox. xulrunner has caused bad font rendering before. Henry |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 4:09 pm |
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Post # 299821
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts
xulrunner-1.9.1.16-14 from Stable is installed. xulrunner-1.9.1.16-15 from Stable is available, but not yet installed. (Showed up just within the last 24-48 hrs.) Interestingly, xulrunner-2.0.1-1mcr110+1 is also installed. Looks like v5.0, 6.0,7.0, and 9.0 are also available in the CR, but are not installed. I'm out of my element here, so will wait for some expert advise before doing anything. Not a big rush. Besides, an infected Vi$ta machine just landed on my doorstep. That should keep me occupied. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 4:52 pm |
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MEPIS Rules! Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:02 pm Posts: 308 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Has thanked: 0 time Have thanks: 36 times
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Post # 299822
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts I am running FF 9.0.1-1
xulrunner 1.9.1.16-15 xulrunner 2.0.1-1mcr110+1 (showing 0b size) xulrunner 9.0.1-1 Jerry in Anchorage |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 5:12 pm |
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Post # 299823
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts
The update of the xulrunner-1.9.1 package, to version 1.9.1.16-15, is part of the Debian 6.0.5 upgrade that came out over the weekend. The announcement (http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120512) mentions a security update to the iceweasel source package {which xulrunner-1.9.1 is built from}. Even if you have a more recent firefox installed, you still need xulrunner-1.9.1 installed because the icedtea6-plugin package has it as a dependency. |
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| Mon May 14, 2012 5:23 pm |
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Post # 299824
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts Applied the update, no change. But it seems the problem is not limited to Firefox -- I've now noticed it in LibreOffice Calc and in Dolphin. Interestingly still, I don't see it in my tarball Thunderbird install.
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| Mon May 14, 2012 5:46 pm |
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Post # 299825
Re: Funky Firefox Fonts Take a look at some of the other Debian 6.0.5 upgrades from my earlier link. I see a security update for freetype (libfreetype6) which might have an affect on fonts. Have you had a recent update for libfreetype6?
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