Helvetica fonts in Firefox looks ugly

Hello my friends, though i am happy with Arch and my fonts looks great, in firefox 7 those pages that use helvetica looks kind of strange.
This is how it looks in Chromium
This is how it looks in Firefox
I've installed w7-fonts, and the next code in the .fonts.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintslight</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

I use in ~/.fonts.conf
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Helvetica</string>
</test>
<edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
<string>Arial</string>
</edit>
</match>
$ fc-match helvetica
arial.ttf: "Arial" "Normal"

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http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4097/linuxl.png
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>


<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Serif</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Sans</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
<family>Verdana</family>
<family>Arial</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
</prefer>
</alias>

<selectfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="scalable">
<bool>false</bool>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Luxi Sans</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>Liberation Sans</string>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test qual="any" name="family"><string>fixed</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign"><string>monospace</string></edit>
</match>





<match target="font">
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintmedium</const></edit>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
</match>




<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
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<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier</string>
</test>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
</match>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier New</string>
</test>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
</match>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Candara</string>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="size">
<double>10</double>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit name="embolden" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Consolas</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintslight</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Inconsolata</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintslight</const>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Andale Mono</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Arial</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Comic Sans MS</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Georgia</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Impact</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Times New Roman</string>
</test>

<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Trebuchet MS</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Verdana</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Webdings</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
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My xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Wed May 27 01:58:49 PDT 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 444 277 # 96 DPI @ 1680x1050
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoDDC" "true"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable" # for 3D, alpha desktop effects
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666 # helps flash performance
EndSection
I even used cairo,libxft,... - hacks "-ubuntu", but my issue was still there Now I have clean that packages, without "-ubuntu".
I've copied TTF fonts from W7 into my Arch.
I have up to date system under Gnome 2.28.
Sorry for my gramma

Gen2ly wrote:adding a whole slew of things probably not doing much good
Now, why on Earth would I do that? Think I'm creating this file at random?? I'm continually testing and refining the rules. The purpose of the rules is to compensate for fontconconfig's inability to do such tweaking automatically. The end result is that fonts look better - I'm surprised that I need to point this out, it should be blatantly obvious.
hintslight should be used until the mid or up to the upper 100dpi range
That's meaningless by itself, you must include pixelsize in the equation. The majority of Microsoft's fonts, as well as various other fonts, actually look better when small using hintfull.
is a hack... Simplify, simplify, simplify.
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[SOLVED] Web browser won't use (or can't find) Helvetica font

I'm currently using Gnome 3.6.2, Firefox 17.0.1, and Chromium 23.0.1271.97.
Many sites that I visit use a Helvetica font variant: Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, or Helvetica World.
However, it seems as though the actual names of these fonts vary depending on where they were purchased.
For example, you will find the following names scattered across the internet:
- Helvetica Std
- Helvetica LT
- Helvetica LT Std
- Helvetica LT Com
and so forth... and this includes the variants as well.
Nowhere, including the Adobe website, have I found just "Helvetica" alone.
However, I'm not a font expert and this may not matter.
The family "Helvetica" may be specified within the font itself.
Yet, this does not seem to be the case because although I have Helvetica LT Std installed, no browser will render it for just "Helvetica".
I tried creating the following font alias:
<alias>
<family>Helvetica</family>
<prefer><family>Helvetica LT Std</family></prefer>
<default><family>fixed</family></default>
</alias>
But that does not work.
Where am I going wrong?
I'd also like to note that Firebug on Firefox is the only web developer tool that will show which font is actually being rendered on the page, as opposed to just listing the css rule.
Last edited by coproduct (2013-07-28 01:35:38)

bohoomil wrote:
coproduct wrote: I think I may have to resort to copying over the Helvetica.ttf file on my macbook, assuming that's possible.
Excuse me, do you mean you have not any Helvetica typeface installed yet? What is the output of
fc-list | grep Helvetica
in the first place?
No, that's not at all what I mean. If you read the first post, then you'd realize that I'm struggling with getting Firefox to use something like 'Helvetica LT Std' in place of 'Helvetica' or 'Helvetica Neue LT Com' in place of 'Helvetica Neue'. I'm now resorting to simply copying over 'Helvetica.ttf' under the assumption that it will provide simply 'Helvetica' without the 'LT whatever...' .
$ fc-list | grep Helvetica
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/HelveticaLTStd-BoldCondObl.otf: Helvetica LT Std,Helvetica LT Std Cond:style=Bold Condensed Oblique,Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtCnO.ttf: Helvetica Neue LT Com,HelveticaNeueLT Com 47 LtCn:style=47 Light Condensed Oblique,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/HelveticaLTStd-Bold.otf: Helvetica LT Std:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/HelveticaLTStd-ExtraComp.otf: Helvetica LT Std,Helvetica LT Std ExtCompressed:style=Extra Compressed,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThExO.ttf: Helvetica Neue LT Com,HelveticaNeueLT Com 33 ThEx:style=33 Thin Extended Oblique,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCnO.ttf: Helvetica Neue LT Com,HelveticaNeueLT Com 57 Cn:style=77 Bold Condensed Oblique,Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvExO.ttf: Helvetica Neue LT Com,HelveticaNeueLT Com 63 MdEx:style=83 Heavy Extended Oblique,Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/HelveticaLTStd-BlkObl.otf: Helvetica LT Std,Helvetica LT Std Black:style=Black Oblique,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/HelveticaNeueLTCom-Md.ttf: Helvetica Neue LT Com,HelveticaNeueLT Com 65 Md:style=65 Medium,Regular
ETC....

Broken fonts in firefox

Hey
I registered, the fonts in firefox are broken till one of the last updates of $something. It's not xfce4 and it's not firefox directly, tested all. Here is an example from the menu from xfce-look.org.
Working fonts on the workstation:
http://freeforge.net/~ssimon/workstation.png
Broken fonts on the laptop:
http://freeforge.net/~ssimon/laptop.png
Can't see what bad happens there... anyone same problems?

Are you using Firefox2? Try changing dpi settings.
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