Ah, right on. That did it. I had just grabbed the binary install package off mozilla.org when I was trying to help a friend with something completely different. Crazy how you can get caught up in these things.
Thanks, -Tim On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 23:48, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:21:09PM -0500, Timothy A. Chagnon wrote: > > I just installed Mozilla 1.6 on my Fedora Core/1 system. Previously I > > was running Mozilla 1.4.1 that comes packaged with Fedora. I noticed > > almost immediately that the fonts are kind-of icky, especially viewing > > /. The selection of fonts in 1.6 runs along the line of: > > > > adobe-times-iso8859-1 > > adobe-helvetica-iso8859-1 > > etc. > > > > Also, when I tried changing to other fonts (urw-nimbus or b&h-luxi) they > > don't get anti-aliased. Really icky. > > > > My Mozilla 1.4.1 has basic font names like serif, sans-serif, URW > > Nimbus, etc. Is this some kind of modification that fedora does before > > packaging, or is it in the version of Mozilla? Can I make 1.6 use the > > nicer fonts by changing some config file. > > > > I have a feeling this has something to do with the X font system vs. > > gnome. I've run into font issues before and gotten lost in docs, so if > > someone can offer a relatively simple solution that would be great. > > Otherwise just tell me to go back to using 1.4.1. > > Use the 1.6 rpms from the Mozilla SeaMonkey repository. > > <for /etc/yum.conf> > [mozilla-seamonkey] > name=Mozilla SeaMonkey Release > baseurl=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/yum/SeaMonkey/releases/current/redhat/1 > > > If this is where you got the package, then I can only suggest waiting > for the Fedora-development version in about a week or so. > > -- > Gregory G. "Wolfe" Woodbury `-_-' Owner/Admin: wolves.durham.nc.us > ggw at wolves.durham.nc.us U RHCT August 2003 > "The Line Eater is a boojum snark." Hug your wolf. -- Timothy A. Chagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
