[SOLVED] Fonts different in Chromium and Firefox

I've installed all the microsoft fonts by copying over the TTF files from a windows installation, and as you can see, the fonts work in Firefox but not Chromium.
How can I configure Chromium to use the MS fonts correctly? In Chromium settings I have Arial set as my default Sans-serif font but it doesn't seem to work correctly. Clearly the font is installed because Firefox is using it and I can select it as my default font in Chromium
Last edited by Tom B (2014-10-16 12:31:45)

I finally worked out what the issue is. When I pasted the fonts in /usr/share/fonts and ran fc-cache -vf I pasted as root (because /usr/share/fonts isn't writeable by other users) but I never set the permissions on the files themselves! running chmod * 755 on in the /microsoft/ directory I created then fc-cache -vf solved the issue!
Last edited by Tom B (2014-10-16 12:35:47)

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I am creating web pages in Dreamweaver, with tables and
images,.but when preview, one page looks totally normal in IE, but
messed up in Firefox, another page looks nomal in firefox, but
messed up in IE. I checked all the assets in dreamweaver, they are
all right.
Could you please advise me how to change or where to change?
Thank you so much!
Esther

Go to that location, and paste your page's code into the
direct input tab.
Or give it a URL where it can find your page to validate it.
> I was wondering what might be the causes lead to
different looks in
> different
> browers (in one brower, pages messed up?in another
brower pages look
> normal),
> and what to do to fix them?
The point that we are trying hard to make, is that there is
no easy button.
The largest (by far) reason that a page would not look the
same in all
browsers would be the use of invalid HTML. That's why I
steered you to the
validator.
> I can send you some screenshot of the pages
A screenshot is of no use at all. Sorry. The answer is in the
code.
> I do not have link address for those pages yet.....
Without seeing your code, nobody can give you substantive
help.
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Adobe Community Expert
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"EstherH" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:[email protected]...
> Hi Murray,
>
> The web pages I am creating is to show my homeworks and
projects for
> school.
> And right now, I am working on local site and I haven't
putting them
> online
> yet.
>
>
http://validator.w3.org/ showed
me: "Sorry! This document can not be
> checked."
>
> I was wondering what might be the causes lead to
different looks in
> different
> browers (in one brower, pages messed up?in another
brower pages look
> normal),
> and what to do to fix them?
>
> If it is useful, I can send you some screenshot of the
pages. Sorry that I
> do
> not have link address for those pages yet.....
>
> Thanks a lot for your patience and help!
>
> Esther
>
>
>
>
> -------
>
> The first thing to do is to make sure your page's
validate. Do they?
>
>
http://validator.w3.org
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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>
http://www.projectseven.com/go
- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
>
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
> ==================
>
>
> "EstherH" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi Murray,
> >
> > Could you please also advice me how to adjust or
modify in Dreamweaver
> > so
> > that my pages will look normal on all the browers
(IE, firefox,
> > Safari....)?
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Esther
>
>
>
>
>

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Hello all,
I am having some link display problems. The CSS code for my link display is as follows:
#sidebar_1 a{
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
#sidebar_1 a:link{
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#sidebar_1 a:visited{
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