Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:34:19 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> Subject: Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox Message-ID: <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090615200051.GA7811@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> 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>
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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 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. -- Mel
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