[TriLUG] Mozilla 1.6 fonts

Timothy A. Chagnon tchagnon at nc.rr.com
Fri Jan 30 07:15:14 EST 2004


Ah, right on.  That did it.  I had just grabbed the binary install
package off  mozilla.org when I was trying to help a friend with
something completely different.  Crazy how you can get caught up in
these things.

Thanks,
-Tim
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 23:48, Gregory Woodbury wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:21:09PM -0500, Timothy A. Chagnon wrote:
> > I just installed Mozilla 1.6 on my Fedora Core/1 system.  Previously I
> > was running Mozilla 1.4.1 that comes packaged with Fedora.  I noticed
> > almost immediately that the fonts are kind-of icky, especially viewing
> > /.  The selection of fonts in 1.6 runs along the line of:
> > 
> > adobe-times-iso8859-1
> > adobe-helvetica-iso8859-1
> > etc.
> > 
> > Also, when I tried changing to other fonts (urw-nimbus or b&h-luxi) they
> > don't get anti-aliased.  Really icky.
> > 
> > My Mozilla 1.4.1 has basic font names like serif, sans-serif, URW
> > Nimbus, etc.  Is this some kind of modification that fedora does before
> > packaging, or is it in the version of Mozilla?  Can I make 1.6 use the
> > nicer fonts by changing some config file.
> > 
> > I have a feeling this has something to do with the X font system vs.
> > gnome.  I've run into font issues before and gotten lost in docs, so if
> > someone can offer a relatively simple solution that would be great.
> > Otherwise just tell me to go back to using 1.4.1.
> 
> Use the 1.6 rpms from the Mozilla SeaMonkey repository.
> 
> <for /etc/yum.conf>
> [mozilla-seamonkey]
> name=Mozilla SeaMonkey Release
> baseurl=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/yum/SeaMonkey/releases/current/redhat/1
> 
> 
> If this is where you got the package, then I can only suggest waiting
> for the Fedora-development version in about a week or so.
> 
> -- 
> Gregory G. "Wolfe" Woodbury      `-_-'    Owner/Admin: wolves.durham.nc.us
> ggw at wolves.durham.nc.us         U     RHCT August 2003
> "The Line Eater is a boojum snark."     Hug your wolf.
-- 
Timothy A. Chagnon <tchagnon at nc.rr.com>




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