Fonts look "bad" in Mozilla and KDE because of the "Full" hinting setting. The default font hinting setting in Ubuntu is "Smooth".
Note that some people prefer the Full hinting to the Smooth hinting, because it's sharper, despite it might distort the fonts. (That's why I put "bad" between quotation marks) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654144 Title: Fonts Render Incorrectly in Mozilla Software Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Firefox 3.6.10, Ubuntu 10.10 RC Firefox 16.0.2, Thunderbird 16.0.2, Ubuntu 12.10 The new Ubuntu Font (as well as other Fonts) render incorrectly in the Firefox menu (as if there were no smoothing or as if they needed to be bolded), Elsewhere, the Font renders correctly. Have tried various solutions and workarounds but none work. Also, since upgrading to 10.10, fonts within webpages have also been rendering poorly, as if they too needed smoothing or bolding. Sorry I can't be more specific and less descriptive. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/654144/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
