Firefox 3.1 web page fonts look spidery thin compared to 3.04

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#1 December 15, 2008

Anyone else noticed this.

#2 December 15, 2008

It's a well-documented fontconfig bug that is still yet to be fixed.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458612

#3 December 15, 2008

Thanks for that. Couldn't find anything on launchpad. But that could just be the launchpad search.

#4 December 15, 2008

I haven't noticed any difference with the 64 bit version. Not tried the 32 bit yet.

#5 December 15, 2008

First one is 3.04 second one is 3.1.

#6 December 22, 2008

I am having the same problem. It makes 3.1 unusable and I have to switch back to 3.0.

#7 December 22, 2008

Well... default font is a disaster but with Liberation Sans its OK...

ttf-liberation is the packagename > Appearance > tab fonts..

#8 December 28, 2008

Hey, is there a launchpad entry for this bug?

#9 December 29, 2008

Remember: if its a 3.1 bug file your bug against firefox-3.1 package :)

e.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.1/