FS#4825 - Firefox fonts look completely different with XFT and Pango
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Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Thursday, 15 June 2006, 12:41 GMT
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Thursday, 15 June 2006, 12:41 GMT
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At the same (supposed) sizes, fonts rendered in Firefox by
XFT and by Pango look completely different. Observe:
A Wikipedia entry with Pango. http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/714/screen16il.png The same Wikipedia entry with XFT. http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4575/screen21lb.png Note that I have the font sizes, etc. set exactly the same in these screenshots. The only difference is Pango vs. XFT. |
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Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) -
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 12:48 GMT
Be sure to set your DPI size correctly. Pango and XFT use
different settings for this. Use xdpyinfo to find out about the
resolution reported by X. Another option is to specify a DPI
setting in firefox instead of letting it find out by itself.
Comment by
name withheld (Gullible Jones) -
Friday, 16 June 2006, 00:58 GMT
Alright it's 98 x 108 dots per inch... What do I set my DPI to?
And is there a way to set in xorg.conf?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) -
Friday, 16 June 2006, 06:08 GMT
You can set it using the "DisplaySize" option in the same section
where you can set the HorizSync and VertRefresh options for your
screen. Some drivers allow specification in the display driver
section too, it depends on your videocard.
Comment by
name withheld (Gullible Jones) -
Friday, 16 June 2006, 11:10 GMT
Alright, thanks... And what would I put there? Both the vertical
and horizontal resolutions?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) -
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 09:34 GMT
man xorg.conf, look for DisplaySize