Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:32:09 -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: <20090615233208.GA8705@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200906151306.38458.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <permail-200906151907051e86ffa800005437-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <200906151234.19454.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090615205629.GA8029@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200906151306.38458.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:06:37PM -0800, Mel Flynn 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; > > > > > > > > > > > > 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? > > Yes: > portmaster /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts or make -C /usr/ports/x11- > fonts/webfonts/ install > > Follow the instructions from the pkg-message (allthough I don't think they're > needed anymore with automatic configuration, but it don't hurt if you already > have an xorg.conf). > > Restart X for the fonts to be usable or you can use xset +fp > /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts and restart the app you want to use the > fonts in. OK. Thank you very much. That seems to have fixed my problem - at least for a couple of sites I could remember that printed poorly since the upgrade. ////jerry > > Easiest way to check if the fonts are enabled is to pull up any font selector > for an application and checking for "Andale Mono" and "Arial black" in the > list. > -- > Mel
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