[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 Title: firefox does not recognize some font styles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/86689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
Yes, the same problem is still in effect as of Firefox 20.0 on all of my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS systems including a clean install. The problem and a successful workaround are described well here: http://keramida.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/dejavu-condensed-as-default/ From reading other bug reports and issue trackers, it appears that application teams (Mozilla and others) and GTK+ developers have pointed at each other, so the problem is stuck in the probably won't fix zone and has been for several years now. This is bad for a lot of users who find DejaVu Sans Condensed to be by far the clearest, most readable and comfortable font on their machine, especially for web browsing. I am sorry that I currently have to trick Firefox into recognizing this font by forcing a font substitution. At least it works, which is more than I can say for Chrome... thus far I have not discovered any way to make DejaVu Sans Condensed available in Chrome's font picker. That issue alone is completely constraining my choice of browsers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 Title: firefox does not recognize some font styles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/86689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
Does this bug still exist in newer Firefox versions? ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 Title: firefox does not recognize some font styles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/86689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
There is a very simple work-around at least. Add the following line to the file
~/.mozilla/firefox/profiledir/chrome/userChrome.css:
* { font-family: dejavu sans condensed; }
Unfortunately it doesn't fix the font in the yellow tooltips in the UI (e.g.
hover over the toolbar buttons), but that's about the only thing I can spot
that it doesn't catch.
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[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
This bug still exists in Ubuntu 9.04 and is so annoying. It ruins visual consistency of the desktop. -- firefox does not recognize some font styles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
too bad this bug is still unsolved. the truth is, it's a generic problem with how XUL handles fonts. it strips off font style (and other parameters), and uses default .ttf file of the family (which is Book in case of DejaVu Sans). it is the same in case of Lucida Grande font, which consists of 2 .ttf files. firefox just changes weight of Regular font, instead of taking Bold font (on webpages). looking at fontconfig trace, firefox never queries Lucida Grande Bold font, but uses Lucida Grande instead. -- firefox does not recognize some font styles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 86689] Re: firefox does not recognize some font styles
I've changed the bug description to more accurately describe what is going on. ** Summary changed: - firefox GUI fonts don't match system fonts + firefox does not recognize some font styles ** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox - Firefox doesn't respect system font settings. Font in firefox is of - different typeface and size, that the one selected in Font preferences - in Control-center. + Firefox does not recognize certain font styles in the chrome or when + rendering the page. For example, choosing DejaVu Sans Bold as the + Application font in Gnome will cause the UI to use that font, but + choosing DejaVu Sans Condensed will cause the UI to be rendered in + DejaVu Sans. ProblemType: Bug Date: Wed Feb 21 13:34:57 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux mpagon-laptop 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux -- firefox does not recognize some font styles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
