Firefox loses font hinting after reboot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xfce-mcs-plugins (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Triaged
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
xfconf (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
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Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
With font hinting set to slight, Firefox produces smooth screen fonts. However, after a reboot this setting is lost, and hinting has to be set again to regain smooth fonts.
System used:
- Xubuntu Hardy
- Compiz 1:0.7.2-0ubuntu2
- Firefox 3.0~b4+
Steps to reproduce:
1. Xfce Settings Manager -> User Interface -> Use Hinting -> Slight
2. Start Firefox, check that screen fonts are smooth
3. Reboot
4. Start Firefox, see that screen fonts are not smooth
5. Reset Slight Hinting, Restart Firefox, fonts are smooth again
Other programs apparently are unaffected by this bug (at least on my system).
Contents of fonts.conf:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
I had the same problem, but now it's solved.
I created ~/.fonts.conf and wrote to it the following.
<?xml version='1.0'?> false</ bool>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
After I rebooted X, Firefox comes to show smooth fonts, without hinting.
My environment: nobinonly- 0ubuntu3
- Xubuntu Hardy
- Firefox: 3.0~b5+