I use .fonts.conf in my home directory to disable antialiasing on small fonts because they are more readable that way. However, after upgrading to firefox 0.9 the browser no longer seems to obey .fonts.conf for page rendering or the menubar. I have tried setting about:config's font.antialias.min as well, with no effect. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set fonts.conf to disable antialiasing for certain font sizes 2. Upgrade firefox 3. Firefox does not obey settings Actual Results: Everything is antialiased. Expected Results: Fonts smaller than 16 point should not be antialiased. [ebuild R ] net-www/mozilla-firefox-0.9-r1 -gnome +gtk2 -ipv6 +java -moznoxft +truetype -xinerama 0 kB Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7-r 2-mm2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-rc2-mm2 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1333MH Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/" USE="X aalib acpi avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd emacs encode esd foomati db gdbm gif gphoto2 gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mi mod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nocardbus oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pd lib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tet x truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Firefox DOES follow fonts.conf files. Only since 0.9 it doesn't follow the pixel section of the file but the points section. Make sure your pointsize section is set appropriately. Here's my amended .fonts.conf file: <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <match target="font" > <test compare="not_eq" name="weight" qual="any" > <const>bold</const> </test> <test compare="more" name="size" qual="any" > <double>8</double> </test> <test compare="less" name="size" qual="any" > <double>13</double> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" > <bool>false</bool> </edit> </match> <match target="font" > <test compare="not_eq" name="weight" qual="any" > <const>bold</const> </test> <test compare="more" name="pixelsize" qual="any" > <double>8</double> </test> <test compare="less" name="pixelsize" qual="any" > <double>17</double> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" > <bool>false</bool> </edit> </match> </fontconfig>
Works here with the responder's configuration. Using points is better anyway as it takes into account varied DPI settings and screen sizes. Please reopen if this is still an issue.
