Anti-aliased fonts in Epiphany/Mozilla inconsistent

dchart · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 12

I've just got my install of gentoo to the point where I can use gnome and browse the web.

I have xfs installed and running, but I don't always get antialiased fonts in Epiphany. Sometimes I do, though.

Specific pages: Mozilla home page, anti-aliased. Gentoo home page, not.

Any ideas what the problem is? Have E & M compiled without xfs support? (I hope not, given how long mozilla takes to build.) Do I need to install some more fonts?

Thanks in advance.
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helmers · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:45 am Post subject:

I think the problem is with the websites themselves. I have copied over all my favorite fonts from Windows and my Mac, and that gave me anti-aliased fonts everywhere. Verdana is very commonly used, and it seems that Helvetica is used as a replacement, instead of Bitstream Vera.

Unfortunatuly, Helvetica is a bitmap font, so it won't be anti-aliased. Try to get some fonts from a Windows installation. I did the following (in case you are a n00b):

Create a .fonts directory in my home dir, and copy all the fonts there
Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, and add the following line below the other font directories