From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 29 18:51:16 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E8237B401 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260B843F43 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0U2olDZ033918; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:50:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: odd lack of fonts in Mozilla 1.2.1 From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: John Bleichert Cc: Robin Damm , FreeBSD User Questions List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-suRBqnV+kxHKa8XGctI7" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1043895068.67424.98.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Date: 29 Jan 2003 21:51:08 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-suRBqnV+kxHKa8XGctI7 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 21:19, John Bleichert wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Robin Damm wrote: > > John Bleichert writes: > >=20 > > > Hello All > > >=20 > > > I've just installed a minimal 4.7 box with X, mwm and Mozilla 1.2.1 (= which=20 > > > is just plain mozilla in the ports, cvsup'd tongight). For some reaso= n=20 > > > there are very few fonts available in the preferences in Mozilla, and= the=20 > > > ones that are there look *awful*. I installed Netscape 4.8 and Opera = and=20 > > > the fonts are fine with them. > > >=20 > > > Is something busted with native mozilla 1.2.1? Or am I missing someth= ing?=20 > > > It takes a looooong time to build Mozilla on this box... > > >=20 > >=20 > > I'm just speculating, but the "awful" font appearance could be related > > to Xft. I build mozilla with the following option: > >=20 > > # make WITHOUT_XFT=3Dyes > >=20 > > This greatly improves font appearance in mozilla (IMHO). There may be > > a way to fix this by tuning X, but then you have two problems :) > >=20 > > Do post if you find a workaround other than recompiling with the > > above option. > >=20 >=20 > I was unable to find a solution - however, your method above worked like = a=20 > charm. Thanks for the hint! Normally I've never had to do this. Perhaps i= t=20 > changed with the new mozilla build? The new Mozilla supports Xft for anti-aliasing of fonts. This is enabled by default as this seems to be a desired feature. Moving forward, you should keep WITHOUT_XFT defined in /etc/make.conf if you're having problems. Joe >=20 > JB >=20 > # John Bleichert=20 > # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-suRBqnV+kxHKa8XGctI7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+OJMcb2iPiv4Uz4cRAl9CAJ0SCIZ0JLLxwxTJg2z2Sl0MGZB3/gCcDZP5 oAT3AGtqq3n9X0RRWZ3giZc= =v1P/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-suRBqnV+kxHKa8XGctI7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message