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Old 20-08-2006, 15:14   #1
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Linux Font Troubles

I am running suse 10.1 and i cant seem to get the fonts in firefox how i like them they are not sharp enough. So 6 cans of stella later ive been fiddling with them and made them 5 times worse, can some1 whose running linux tell me what fonts they are running in firefox or give me any hints how to improve them. cheers
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Old 20-08-2006, 15:52   #2
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Re: Linux Font Troubles

You can get much better looking fonts if you install the Microsoft Core Fonts packages.

I don't use SUSE, but I did find this over at OpenSUSE.org...

http://en.opensuse.org/Optimal_Use_of_Fonts_on_SuSE
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Old 20-08-2006, 17:05   #3
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Cheers for reply i tried to add the microsoft files from an xp disk installed the core package but theres 2 fonts missing i must learn not to try and fix stuff thats not really broke.
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Re: Linux Font Troubles

Which 2 fonts are you missing?
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Old 20-08-2006, 17:47   #5
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Theres 2 diferent tahoma fonts tahoma.ttf and tahomabd.ttf i will work it out eventually.
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Old 20-08-2006, 18:17   #6
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I've uploaded 'em for you, if you wanna download 'em. I'll PM you the URL.
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Old 21-08-2006, 08:13   #7
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Sorry for the late reply Gareth was on nights last night i managed to get the font folder copied over at work, sorry for the late reply thanks for helping.
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Old 22-08-2006, 09:26   #8
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No worries, mate... been sleeping a lot recently and didn't notice. Glad you're sorted
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