On 2002.02.18 22:33:03 +0100 Matthew Thompson wrote: > Whenever I start Mozilla by itself, the fonts look fine: > > http://mattyt.net/moz_no_abi.jpg > > However, when I start Mozilla with Abiword already open, the fonts in > Mozilla look different (and not very good): > > http://mattyt.net/moz_with_abi.jpg
when abiword starts, it adds it's font dirs to the font path. abiword provides its own version of arial, and some other fonts. these versions are of an inferior quality, and when mozilla selects 'arial' as its font, it may select the abiword variant. you can check font-paths before and after launching abiword using xset q as an example, here are mine: before launching abiword: Font Path: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi after: Font Path: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts,/usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/ I'm not sure how to correct all this. There is something on it on the abiword website, but that solution was not quite satisfactory, since it required my running abiword as root and selecting all fonts at least once, to create certain additional (metrics?) files. Ah, I just found out that abiword actually removes its font location from the font path when you close it. It didn't do that before. HTH, Matijs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
