Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:52 -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: <20090615200051.GA7811@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200906151141.14496.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <permail-200906151907051e86ffa800005437-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <20090615191842.GA7652@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200906151141.14496.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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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 ////jerry > -- > Mel
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