My firefox fonts gets garbled. I don't know why? please help.
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Ubuntu – Firefox fonts gets garbled
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What you are seeing is font hinting.
First, play with the font rendering settings in KDE and see if it fixes your problem.
You can probably disable it in about:config by searching for the preferences starting with "gfx" and testing them out.
The Arial font is get installed by ttf-mscorefonts-installer and the David font is available in culmus package.
Open a terminal and do this command to get them
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer culmus
Or using Software center:
If you want to install only the David font (culmus package includes some other fonts too), you can download that font from the link below
Download link for David font only
Download it and copy the font file in the .fonts directory in your home. This directory is hidden by default. Use Ctrl + H to reveal the hidden files and folders.
If the directory does not exists already, create one with name .fonts and copy the file in that directory.
Note: You have to accept the EULA when installing the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. Use Tab for navigation in the terminal.
[Reference]
Arial is installed by ttf-mscorefonts-installer as described in the package's description
David font is in the culmus package as described by the package's file list
Best Answer
I had the same problem, with garbled fonts, and I had to change the font setting. To change you font settings, click on the Firefox button, and choose Preferences --> Preferences
Once you click on Preferences, you will see
There you can change your font setting. In my case I choose Times New Roman, and that fixed my issue. Then click on Advanced tab to further choose your font settings, and character encoding
Hope that this will help you fix your issue. If more help is needed don`t hesitate to ask.