[gentoo-user] trying to set up fonts in Xorg-7.2 + Firefox-2

[gentoo-user] trying to set up fonts in Xorg-7.2 + Firefox-2

[Denis]

I just got done setting up the Xorg-7.2 and Fluxbox, and after
compiling and running Firefox-2 for the first time, I found that the
default font set-up wasn't to my liking.  It looked strange and
wouldn't produce any boldfaces in Gmail.  So I followed a "Howto Xorg
and Fonts - Gentoo Linux Wiki", and my font paths for Xorg currently
have:

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/terminus/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/unifont/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/"

I removed the "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" and "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
entries that were in my /etc/xorg.conf, since I did not find those
directories in my /usr/share/fonts directory.

In Firefox-2 advanced fonts & colors menu, I set proportional to Serif
(16), serif to bitstream vera serif, sans-serif to bitstream vera
sans, and monospace to bitstream vera sans mono (12).

However, I notice no change from the original Firefox-2 font
appearance, unless I check the "always use my fonts" option.  When I
"always use my fonts", I get boldfaces in Gmail, etc, which is good,
but the default font size in Firefox is still too small, and I always
need to click on View->Text Size -> Increase.

I would like my Firefox fonts under Xorg to look more or less like my
Firefox fonts under Windows  ;)  How did some of you deal with
customizing fonts in Firefox?

And how can I make the font in Firefox menus and URL bar larger?

Thanks, and I apologize in advance if my questions are too simplistic
or have already been asked many times before...

-Denis
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: trying to set up fonts in Xorg-7.2 + Firefox-2

[Denis]

I apologize - please disregard my post.

I edited userChrome.css, and that did it, and also set the minimum
font size to 16.  I'm satisfied now :-)

Denis

On 5/20/07, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got done setting up the Xorg-7.2 and Fluxbox, and after
> compiling and running Firefox-2 for the first time, I found that the
> default font set-up wasn't to my liking.  It looked strange and
> wouldn't produce any boldfaces in Gmail.  So I followed a "Howto Xorg
> and Fonts - Gentoo Linux Wiki", and my font paths for Xorg currently
> have:
>
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/terminus/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/unifont/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/"
>
> I removed the "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" and "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
> entries that were in my /etc/xorg.conf, since I did not find those
> directories in my /usr/share/fonts directory.
>
> In Firefox-2 advanced fonts & colors menu, I set proportional to Serif
> (16), serif to bitstream vera serif, sans-serif to bitstream vera
> sans, and monospace to bitstream vera sans mono (12).
>
> However, I notice no change from the original Firefox-2 font
> appearance, unless I check the "always use my fonts" option.  When I
> "always use my fonts", I get boldfaces in Gmail, etc, which is good,
> but the default font size in Firefox is still too small, and I always
> need to click on View->Text Size -> Increase.
>
> I would like my Firefox fonts under Xorg to look more or less like my
> Firefox fonts under Windows  ;)  How did some of you deal with
> customizing fonts in Firefox?
>
> And how can I make the font in Firefox menus and URL bar larger?
>
> Thanks, and I apologize in advance if my questions are too simplistic
> or have already been asked many times before...
>
> -Denis
>
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list