From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 20:59:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824231065679 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:59:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5568FC15 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:59:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n5FKuUq6008068; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n5FKuT7c008067; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:29 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Mel Flynn Message-ID: <20090615205629.GA8029@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200906151141.14496.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090615200051.GA7811@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Jerry McAllister , Alexander Best , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:59:20 -0000 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