Activity log for bug #67226

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-10-20 19:43:29 Keidson Paiva de Freitas bug added bug
2006-10-23 19:28:54 Jonh Wendell firefox: status Unconfirmed Needs Info
2006-10-23 19:28:54 Jonh Wendell firefox: statusexplanation Hi. Thanks for your bug report. Can you do the following steps? (Assuming you're using edgy): - Open Edit/Preferences; - Go to "Content" tab - Click on "Advanced" button (under fonts & colors group) - Choose the fonts: Proportional -> Serif (Size: 16) Serif -> serif Sans-serif -> sans-serif Monospace -> monospace (Size: 12) - Hit "OK" Button - Try to open the ugly pages. What happened? Problem solved?
2006-10-23 21:51:39 Keidson Paiva de Freitas bug added attachment 'firefox_gedit.png' (Firefox/gedit screen)
2006-10-25 16:57:03 Keidson Paiva de Freitas bug added attachment 'font_rendering.png' (New fonts with new subpixel hinting)
2006-10-25 17:51:15 Keidson Paiva de Freitas firefox: status Needs Info Fix Released
2006-10-25 17:51:15 Keidson Paiva de Freitas firefox: assignee keidson
2006-10-25 17:51:15 Keidson Paiva de Freitas firefox: statusexplanation Hi. Thanks for your bug report. Can you do the following steps? (Assuming you're using edgy): - Open Edit/Preferences; - Go to "Content" tab - Click on "Advanced" button (under fonts & colors group) - Choose the fonts: Proportional -> Serif (Size: 16) Serif -> serif Sans-serif -> sans-serif Monospace -> monospace (Size: 12) - Hit "OK" Button - Try to open the ugly pages. What happened? Problem solved? The problem was solved changing the font hinting to subpixel (lcd) in font properties under gnome.
2006-10-25 18:07:33 Jonh Wendell firefox: status Fix Released Rejected
2006-10-25 18:07:33 Jonh Wendell firefox: assignee keidson
2006-10-25 18:07:33 Jonh Wendell firefox: statusexplanation The problem was solved changing the font hinting to subpixel (lcd) in font properties under gnome. We're rejecting this bug report, once this isn't a real bug.
2009-08-31 14:14:47 John Vivirito affects firefox (Ubuntu) firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
2009-08-31 14:14:47 John Vivirito firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Invalid Incomplete
2009-08-31 14:16:52 John Vivirito bug task added openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
2009-08-31 14:45:58 Jonh Wendell removed subscriber Jonh Wendell
2009-09-24 20:37:50 Stef Walter attachment added Fuzzy firefox display. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32402482/Screenshot-Mozilla%20Firefox.png
2009-09-29 10:13:38 Detlef Lechner attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32673267/Dependencies.txt
2009-09-29 10:13:39 Detlef Lechner attachment added ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32673268/ExtensionSummary.txt
2009-09-29 10:13:42 Detlef Lechner attachment added profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32673270/profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt
2009-09-29 10:13:45 Detlef Lechner attachment added profiles.ini.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32673271/profiles.ini.txt
2009-09-29 10:13:47 Detlef Lechner firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2009-09-29 10:13:49 Detlef Lechner tags apport-collected
2009-10-12 18:17:17 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-10-12 18:56:02 Radu Cristian Fotescu attachment added FF3.5.3 ignoring font-rendering settings, while other gtk+ apps considering them http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33554164/karmic_67226.png
2009-10-12 19:51:34 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-10-13 00:27:17 Stef Walter attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33566483/Dependencies.txt
2009-10-13 00:27:19 Stef Walter attachment added ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33566484/ExtensionSummary.txt
2009-10-13 00:27:24 Stef Walter attachment added XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33566488/XsessionErrors.txt
2009-10-13 00:27:28 Stef Walter attachment added default_profile_pluginreg.dat.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33566489/default_profile_pluginreg.dat.txt
2009-10-13 00:27:31 Stef Walter attachment added profiles.ini.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33566491/profiles.ini.txt
2009-10-13 00:27:35 Stef Walter firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2009-10-13 00:27:38 Stef Walter openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2009-10-13 13:07:12 Detlef Lechner attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33590647/Dependencies.txt
2009-10-13 13:07:15 Detlef Lechner attachment added ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33590649/ExtensionSummary.txt
2009-10-13 13:07:18 Detlef Lechner attachment added XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33590651/XsessionErrors.txt
2009-10-13 13:07:20 Detlef Lechner attachment added profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33590652/profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt
2009-10-13 13:07:23 Detlef Lechner attachment added profiles.ini.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33590653/profiles.ini.txt
2009-10-13 16:02:09 xteejx bug watch added https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522046
2009-10-13 16:02:09 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2009-10-13 16:02:09 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2009-10-13 16:03:12 xteejx bug task added firefox
2009-10-13 16:04:05 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2009-10-13 16:04:05 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2009-10-14 01:18:09 Bug Watch Updater firefox: status Unknown New
2009-10-14 08:18:35 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2009-10-14 08:18:55 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Triaged Incomplete
2009-10-14 09:55:02 Detlef Lechner attachment added BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648630/BootDmesg.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:04 Detlef Lechner attachment added CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648631/CurrentDmesg.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:05 Detlef Lechner attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648632/Dependencies.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:07 Detlef Lechner attachment added Lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648633/Lspci.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:09 Detlef Lechner attachment added PciDisplay.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648635/PciDisplay.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:13 Detlef Lechner attachment added ProcCpuinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648637/ProcCpuinfo.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:15 Detlef Lechner attachment added ProcInterrupts.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648638/ProcInterrupts.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:16 Detlef Lechner attachment added ProcModules.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648643/ProcModules.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:20 Detlef Lechner attachment added UdevDb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648644/UdevDb.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:25 Detlef Lechner attachment added UdevLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648646/UdevLog.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:27 Detlef Lechner attachment added XorgConf.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648647/XorgConf.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:29 Detlef Lechner attachment added XorgLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648648/XorgLog.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:32 Detlef Lechner attachment added XorgLogOld.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648650/XorgLogOld.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:34 Detlef Lechner attachment added Xrandr.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648651/Xrandr.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:35 Detlef Lechner attachment added XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648653/XsessionErrors.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:37 Detlef Lechner attachment added glxinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648654/glxinfo.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:39 Detlef Lechner attachment added setxkbmap.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648655/setxkbmap.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:40 Detlef Lechner attachment added xdpyinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648656/xdpyinfo.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:44 Detlef Lechner attachment added xkbcomp.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33648658/xkbcomp.txt
2009-10-14 09:55:45 Detlef Lechner firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2009-10-14 09:55:51 Detlef Lechner openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2009-10-14 11:30:02 xteejx summary Font is too blurry in firefox interface and pages rendering Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings
2009-10-14 11:30:19 xteejx summary Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings [jaunty] Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings
2009-10-14 11:30:48 xteejx tags apport-collected apport-collected regression-release
2009-10-14 11:37:21 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2009-10-14 11:37:28 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-10-14 20:31:26 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Invalid
2009-10-14 20:31:31 xteejx openoffice.org (Ubuntu): importance Low Undecided
2009-10-18 15:13:25 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released
2009-10-18 17:48:10 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Fix Released Incomplete
2009-10-19 15:25:11 xteejx summary [jaunty] Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings [karmic] Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings
2009-10-19 18:25:46 Chris Cheney affects openoffice.org (Ubuntu) ubuntu
2009-10-20 11:23:43 Radu Cristian Fotescu bug watch added https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436760
2009-10-20 11:23:43 Radu Cristian Fotescu bug watch added https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404637
2009-10-28 23:25:56 freewind removed subscriber freewind
2009-11-01 17:43:07 xteejx firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Triaged
2009-11-01 17:44:44 xteejx description Binary package hint: firefox The font in firefox is too blurry, maybe hinting is enabled. The gnome interface font is ok, only firefox and openoffice suffers from this problem. I already try to disable hinting on about:config in firefox, but this was disabled by default. Thanks. Binary package hint: firefox The font in firefox is too blurry, maybe hinting is enabled. The gnome interface font is ok, only firefox and openoffice suffers from this problem. I already try to disable hinting on about:config in firefox, but this was disabled by default. Thanks. ================== My /.fonts.conf looked like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" > <const>none</const> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" > <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" > <const>hintfull</const> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" > <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match> <dir>/home/jack/.fontmatrix</dir> </fontconfig> After deleting: <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" > <const>hintfull</const> </edit> </match> everything seems to be fixed.
2009-11-10 19:37:57 Michael Nagel description Binary package hint: firefox The font in firefox is too blurry, maybe hinting is enabled. The gnome interface font is ok, only firefox and openoffice suffers from this problem. I already try to disable hinting on about:config in firefox, but this was disabled by default. Thanks. ================== My /.fonts.conf looked like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" > <const>none</const> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" > <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" > <const>hintfull</const> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" > <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match> <dir>/home/jack/.fontmatrix</dir> </fontconfig> After deleting: <match target="font" > <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" > <const>hintfull</const> </edit> </match> everything seems to be fixed. Binary package hint: firefox The font in firefox is too blurry, maybe hinting is enabled. The gnome interface font is ok, only firefox and openoffice suffers from this problem. I already try to disable hinting on about:config in firefox, but this was disabled by default. ---------- ----------- There is a workaround mentioned in comment 109: sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10* sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig ---------- ----------- ================== My /.fonts.conf looked like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig>     <match target="font" >         <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >             <const>none</const>         </edit>     </match>     <match target="font" >         <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >             <bool>true</bool>         </edit>     </match>     <match target="font" >         <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >             <const>hintfull</const>         </edit>     </match>     <match target="font" >         <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >             <bool>true</bool>         </edit>     </match>     <dir>/home/jack/.fontmatrix</dir> </fontconfig> After deleting:     <match target="font" >         <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >             <const>hintfull</const>         </edit>     </match> everything seems to be fixed.
2009-12-23 13:12:19 Bug Watch Updater bug watch added https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10301
2009-12-23 13:12:19 Bug Watch Updater bug watch added https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512136
2009-12-23 13:41:34 Bug Watch Updater bug watch added https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363861
2010-01-09 20:48:22 xteejx removed subscriber Teej
2010-01-09 20:48:59 xteejx tags apport-collected regression-release apport-collected karmic regression-release
2010-01-23 15:16:54 Brendan_P marked as duplicate 379761
2010-01-26 07:56:47 Terry Zhou nominated for series Ubuntu Lucid