Upgrading Firefox 3.0 to 3.6.4 (Mozilla Security Team PPA) breaks font rendering on Hardy 8.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Chris Coulson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
After testing the upgrade, based on the instructions given in:
https:/
It is clear font hinting behaviour is handled differently between 3.0 and 3.6.4. In fact, the font rendering on 3.6.4 is significantly worse than that in 3.0. There has been no modification to font rendering to this installation of hardy, nor any .fonts.conf resident in the home folder.
The system font configuration (as defined in under Apperance) is as follows:
Smoothing = Subpixel (LCD)
Hinting = Slight
Subpixel Order = RGB
I have attached a .zip file with screen-grabs of both before (ff-3.0.
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Incomplete → In Progress |
affects: | firefox (Ubuntu) → firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Incomplete |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Hi
Could you please create a ~/.fonts.conf with the following contents, restart Firefox and tell me if the fonts return to normal
<?xml version="1.0"?> ><const> hintslight< /const> </edit>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<edit name="hintstyle"
mode="assign"
</match>
</fontconfig>