Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:29 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox Message-ID: <20090615205629.GA8029@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <permail-200906151907051e86ffa800005437-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <200906151141.14496.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090615200051.GA7811@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:34:19PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Monday 15 June 2009 12:00:52 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:14AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > > > On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: > > > > > hi there, > > > > > > > > > > when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and > > > > > i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect > > > > > the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer > > > > > issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: > > > > > > > > > > font-size: 20px; > > > > > font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; > > > > > > > > > > i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 > > > > > already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? > > > > > > > > I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. > > > > I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which > > > > I know little. But, if someone has some helpful information > > > > I would be glad to know about it too. > > > > > > On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? > > > > In Firefox or in X? > > How do I tell? I don't see anything that looks like > > those names in X.../fonts directory > > % grep ' ORIGIN:' /var/db/pkg/webfonts-0.30_6/+CONTENTS > @comment ORIGIN:x11-fonts/webfonts I don't seem to have any 'webfonts...' directory in /var/db/pkg/ I guess that means nothing was every installed. Should I now? > The reason I think it might be the issue, is that in your installations > 'verdana' is an aliased screen font, that doesn't print well. The Microsoft > variant installed via this port, has better printing characteristics. > > The Luxi/Luci fonts, are very pixelated. Bitstream-vera are of higher quality > as are these MS fonts. I have never played around with fonts - just took whatever was default so this is new and very hazy to me. ////jerry > -- > Mel
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