Re: Issue 13185 in chromium: Ugly font rendering on linux
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Comment #42 on issue 13185 by meyithi: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The easy thing would be for Chromium to recognise .fonts.conf and problem
solved, but
it seems the devs like watching us squabble over hackish woekarounds.
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Comment #43 on issue 13185 by meyithi: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The easy thing would be for Chromium to recognise .fonts.conf and problem
solved, but
it seems the devs like watching us squabble over hackish workarounds.
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Comment #44 on issue 13185 by ev...@chromium.org: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
(Unsubscribing from duplicate bug.)
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Comment #46 on issue 13185 by fernandoj.lardo: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The same thing happens between Google Chrome and Chromium (last version
from the PPA).
In chrome the fonts looks better than chromium (strange space between the
letters).
Using Lucida Sans from sans-serif and Lucida Console from monotype.
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Comment #51 on issue 13185 by olegsivokon: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Hello. I'm afraid my question may sound a bit out of place here, but here
it is,
please feel free to point me to a better place to ask it.
I was trying to get pixel (bitmap fonts) to be used as default fonts for
sans, sans-
serif and mono-space. I do have those fonts, and other GTK apps can use
them. They
also appear selectable from the font choosing dialog, however, I cannot
apply them :(
Any time I do so, they would switch back to the "original" values, which
are the
fonts with outlines, and thus aliased (using subpixel rendering).
I haven't followed the entire discussion, but it seems like the issue is
unresolved.
So, is this kind of support even planned? (BTW, the UI controls can render
those
fonts pretty well, it's only the browser control itself that doesn't).
I do realize it may not be the most common demand, however, if it's not
really
difficult, please keep that in mind :)
Thanks for otherwise a very good browser :)
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Comment #53 on issue 13185 by dweeble: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Fonts were excellent on version 4, but the new v5 beta released today is
UGLY. Chrome
had become my favorite Linux browser, but now considering going back to
Firefox.
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Comment #54 on issue 13185 by drmottex: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The new 5.0.375.29 beta brings the same font rendering issue, and font
looks ugly in
linux
My Distro: Linux Mint 8
Regards,
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Comment #55 on issue 13185 by drmottex: Ugly font rendering on linux
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Comment #56 on issue 13185 by oskuinte...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
It has been Ugly in Linux from start. If you use it inside of KDE and use
MS fonts
like verdana, it shows horrible. It has been never understood KDEs font
settigs.
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Comment #57 on issue 13185 by drmottex: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
I uses gnome, and previous oficial beta release the fonts were displayed
fine.
I can't understand why in each realease appears the same problem
Regards, again
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Comment #58 on issue 13185 by Francois.Ingelrest: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Same problem here: With the latest beta, fonts are so ugly that there are
almost
unreadable. Here's how this page looks like:
http://yfrog.com/66screenshot2vp
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Comment #59 on issue 13185 by chen...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
the same font rendering issue take place in Debian 5.
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Comment #60 on issue 13185 by gregor.larson: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
This was broken in beta by the May 4, 2010 upgrade:
committing changes in /etc after apt run
Package changes:
-google-chrome-beta 5.0.342.9-r43360
+google-chrome-beta 5.0.375.29-r46008
If I downgrade to 5.0.342.9-r43360 then it looks fine again.
Environment:
Ubuntu Karmic, 32-bit, up-to-date (May 6, 2010):
root@amy:/etc# apt-show-versions | fgrep -v /karmic
google-chrome-beta/stable upgradeable from 5.0.342.9-r43360 to
5.0.375.29-r46008
libdvdnav4 4.1.3-3ubuntu1 newer than version in archive
xfce4-power-manager 0.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 newer than version in archive
xfce4-power-manager-data 0.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 newer than version in archive
root@amy:/etc# apt-show-versions | egrep 'libgtk|gconf'
compizconfig-backend-gconf/karmic uptodate 0.8.4-0ubuntu1
gconf-defaults-service/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
gconf-editor/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
gconf2/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
gconf2-common/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
libgconf2-4/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
libgconf2-dev/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
libgconf2.0-cil/karmic uptodate 2.24.1-4ubuntu1
libgtk-vnc-1.0-0/karmic uptodate 0.3.9-1ubuntu2
libgtk2-perl/karmic uptodate 1:1.221-4
libgtk2.0-0/karmic uptodate 2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
libgtk2.0-bin/karmic uptodate 2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
libgtk2.0-cil/karmic uptodate 2.12.9-1
libgtk2.0-common/karmic uptodate 2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
libgtk2.0-dev/karmic uptodate 2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
libgtkhtml2-0/karmic uptodate 2.11.1-2ubuntu2
libgtkmathview0c2a/karmic uptodate 0.8.0-3ubuntu2
libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a/karmic uptodate 1:2.18.2-1
libgtksourceview2.0-0/karmic uptodate 2.8.1-1
libgtksourceview2.0-common/karmic uptodate 2.8.1-1
libgtkspell0/karmic uptodate 2.0.15-0ubuntu1
pulseaudio-module-gconf/karmic uptodate 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1
python-gconf/karmic uptodate 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
root@amy:/etc#
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Comment #61 on issue 13185 by netcelli: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Problem solved on Gnome-Gentoo. I enable system 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf and
all work :)
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Comment #63 on issue 13185 by chad.dorkin: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
I have been using Chrome in Ubuntu for a while with great fonts. I
upgraded to 10.04 today, got the latest
version of Chrome installed, and the fonts are so blurry that I can't stand
to look at them for more than a few
seconds. The method described above involving 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf did
not help me.
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Comment #64 on issue 13185 by oskuinte...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Are we talking about Chrome or Chromium?
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Comment #65 on issue 13185 by chen...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
we are talking about the chrome browser in linux system.
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Comment #66 on issue 13185 by HeilMile: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Chromium 6.0.400.0 (46793) Ubuntu
has solved the issue of ugly font rendering for me
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Comment #67 on issue 13185 by HeilMile: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Sorry, false alarm - font rendering still sucketh...-(
http://goo.gl/lpLQ
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Comment #69 on issue 13185 by dan.candea: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
on my Ubuntu I checked the serif font with fc-match -v serif. It appears
that I had
some windows fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype. I delete those and now it
uses DejaVu
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Comment #70 on issue 13185 by kumar00: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
When I upgraded to Lucid Lynx, I installed Google Chrome instead of
Chromium Browser
- mistakenly. And I thought the fonts problems is finally taken care of. I
was so happy, I
made it my default browser and even started using it as my default
development
environment. Everything was going fine. Suddenly the browser started
crashing too
often. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling and everything I could; but
nothing helped.
I was thinking Google Chrome is a 'stable' version of Chromium Browser; but
it doesn't
look so. Finally, I removed Google Chrome and installed Chromium Browser.
And I'm
back to square one with this Fonts problem. I can see this thread started
on June 2009 -
almost a year back.
I have no option but to go back to Firefox. I consider this fonts issue is
a 'blocker' level
bug and can not imagine it not having fixed for as long as a year.
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Comment #71 on issue 13185 by linuxhippy: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Same issue here. I really like Chrome, but won't use it because I really
miss subpixel rasterized fonts.
All applications look fine and pick up the correct settings ... except
Chrome.
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Comment #74 on issue 13185 by alex.wedensky: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
latest update (5.0.375.99 (51029) Ubuntu 10.04) fixed the issue for me --
thanks!!!
Ubuntu Lucid 64
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Comment #75 on issue 13185 by nofearinc: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Same issue here with Fedora 12 after updatingfrom beta to 5.0.375.125
stable version. My eyes can't stand these sharp fonts unfortunately.
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Comment #77 on issue 13185 by rocketraman: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
With the stable channel 5.0.375.126 (and the previous 5.x beta), font
rendering is very nice on Fedora 12. Note that I have truetype core fonts
installed, and freetype-freeworld installed.
However, when I updated to the recent beta 6.x release 6.0.472.33, Chrome
began to render fonts poorly -- similar to the screenshots shown by various
people in this report.
I also tested the unstable version 6.0.490.1 and still had the ugly font
rendering with that version.
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Comment #78 on issue 13185 by miguel.de.icaza: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
What used to be a gorgeously rendered Google Chrome, now renders terribly
on OpenSUSE 11.2/x86-64 as shown on the screenshot below.
Other fonts everywhere else are a hodge podge of fonts, like even this form:
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Comment #80 on issue 13185 by royskeene: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Font rendering is broken between Google Chrome 5.0.375.127 and 6.0.472.53
on Linux/amd64. Attached screenshots show example.
Attachments:
chrome-5-fonts.png 492 KB
chrome-6-fonts.png 520 KB
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Comment #81 on issue 13185 by goo...@rkeene.org: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Updating FreeType configuration caused font rendering to revert to same as
Google Chrome 5.0.375.127:
# cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# ln -s ../conf.avail/10-no-sub-pixel.conf ../conf.avail/10-unhinted.conf .
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Comment #82 on issue 13185 by andyrechenberg: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
There is a difference between 6.0.417.0 and 6.0.486.0 as provided by the
Fedora Project. I am running Fedora 13 x86_64 with the Fedora-supplied
Chromium RPM packages.
I have the same issue where fonts appear rendered "correctly" in the older
version but are "ugly" or rendered improperly when running anything newer
that 6.0.417.
I will attempt the suggested fix in Comment 81 and report back if it
resolved my issue.
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Comment #83 on issue 13185 by marek.matulka: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
I've tried a "fix" from comment #81 - it made all fonts on my desktop look
crap, did improve fonts in Chrome a bit, but not much.
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Comment #84 on issue 13185 by andyrechenberg: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The Fix in Comment #81 did help the font rendering in Chromium. I had to
tweak the font settings a slight bit in my GNOME Terminal and in the
System-->Preferences-->Appearance-->Fonts Tab but everything is acceptable
now.
Still, Chromium/Chrome should render fonts exactly the same from version to
version without having to change the system fonts configuration.
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Comment #86 on issue 13185 by jorge.urdaneta: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Same problem here Fedora 13 x86-64 Google Chrome 7.0.517.44
Will back to firefox until it's fixed. There is blood in my eyes!
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Comment #87 on issue 13185 by ikonitas: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Still the same problem on Ubuntu 10.10 with CHROME 8.0.552.215
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Comment #88 on issue 13185 by cx.chenghai: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
this issue is ignored?
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Comment #89 on issue 13185 by maciek.hooch: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
The same pronlem on Debian.
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Comment #90 on issue 13185 by neojia: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Still ugly on fedora 12, please fix this asap.
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Comment #92 on issue 13185 by yooss28: Ugly font rendering on linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Hey, mine is working.(ubuntu 10.10)
I did
gedit(or vi) ~/.fonts.conf
and wrote
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="autohint" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>none</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>hintnone</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
and it's smooth as ever. Of course, adjust the settings to your preference.
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Comment #93 on issue 13185 by alex.v.k...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
the issue here and on bug 12179 appears to be either DUPLICATE or FIXED,
but none works with most recent versions. Font hinting is still wrong, and
searching over the forums and help pages does not help.
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Comment #94 on issue 13185 by alex.v.k...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
my issue was successfully resolved here:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70262#c2
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Comment #95 on issue 13185 by thomasru...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
I was able to resolve this for the Chromium in Debian Squeeze (Chromium
6.x) using the configuration labelled "Quick and Easy" from this page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Quick_and_Easy
It involves modifications to /etc/fonts/conf.avail/51-local.conf.
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Comment #96 on issue 13185 by mlandi.d...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
I was able to resolve this by installing FreeType with Subpixel support on
Fedora 16.
I installed this older package:
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Comment #97 on issue 13185 by tede...@gmail.com: Ugly font rendering on
linux
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=13185
Resolved it on Debian 6.04:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70262#c4