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 Subject :Ubuntu 9.04 Firefox 3.5 fonts are messed up.. 2009-08-26 02:07:22 
jhanson
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When I updated my Ubuntu computer to the latest Firefox (3.5) all the fonts look terrible...anyone know how to fix?
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 Subject :Re:Ubuntu 9.04 Firefox 3.5 fonts are messed up.. 2009-08-26 08:39:58 
aweber
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Joined: 2009-06-03 16:34:16
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Your problem comes from Firefox 3.5 uses a different font rendering option that makes the fonts heavier and in many people opinion, less appealing.

Firefox 3.5 takes its font hinting orders from fontconfig, instead of gnome's font settings.

This worked for me.
Code:
cd /etc/fonts/ sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf . sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf conf.d/ sudo mv conf.d/10-hinting.conf . sudo ln -s conf.avail/10-hinting.conf conf.d/ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

Let me know..
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