From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Jun 15 22:29:53 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 B3EC7106564A
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:29:53 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from a_best01@uni-muenster.de)
Received: from zivm-out2.uni-muenster.de (ZIVM-OUT2.UNI-MUENSTER.DE
	[128.176.192.9])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47BDA8FC19
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:29:52 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from a_best01@uni-muenster.de)
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,224,1243807200"; d="scan'208";a="216237548"
Received: from zivmaildisp2.uni-muenster.de (HELO
	ZIVMAILUSER05.UNI-MUENSTER.DE) ([128.176.188.143])
	by zivm-relay2.uni-muenster.de with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2009 00:29:51 +0200
Received: by ZIVMAILUSER05.UNI-MUENSTER.DE (Postfix, from userid 149459)
	id 9A9D71B07E4; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:29:51 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:29:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>
Sender: <a_best01@uni-muenster.de>
Organization: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <permail-20090615222951f7e55a9d000012e2-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
In-Reply-To: <200906151141.14496.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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 <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:29:54 -0000

thx a bunch. installing webfonts completely solved the issue. :-)

Mel Flynn schrieb am 2009-06-15:
> 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?