Ubuntu – After installing MS fonts, the fonts are still not the same as on windows

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Fonts in Firefox and Chromium are still not the same as in Windows FF and Chrome after installing ms fonts.

I mean the fonts that were missing are now displayed, but they are not the same as on windows.

They are too "wide" or too "narrow/high" and e.g. if they are bold in FF on WIn in Ubuntu's FF they are super fat.

How can I improve the displaying of fonts in Ubuntu FF and Chromium?

I don't mind the wide default font in Ubuntu OS, but in browsers it's not very nice to see it differently as 80 – 90 percent of visitors.

Bacause right now it is not as on Windows.

I am using 13.04 version of Ubuntu.

EDIT:

page: www.bild.de

If you look closer you can see the difference (wider and not so high font in Ubuntu):

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Best Answer

Ubuntu and windows use different font rendering techniques. Windows uses ClearType, and Ubuntu uses FreeType. These font renders produce quite different results, FreeType tends to produce fatter/bolder looking fonts and ClearType tends to produce thinner looking fonts.

As a web developer there is really nothing you can do about it except make sure the difference doesn't result in clipped text.

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