[ubuntu-in] Devanagari fonts on Firefox 3.6.3 running on Kubuntu 10.04

[Onkar Shinde]

2010/6/16 Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] <abhishek.amberkar at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2010/6/15 Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] <abhishek.amberkar at gmail.com>:
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I just found that on my friends system firefox renders devanagari fonts very
>>> nicely
>>>
>>> http://imagebin.org/101392
>>>
>>> but on my system fonts look like
>>>
>>> http://imagebin.org/101393
>>>
>>> We both are using Firefox 3.6.3 (Mozilla Firefox for ubuntu canonical 1.0)
>>> on Kubuntu 10.04. The only difference is his Kubuntu installation is Fresh
>>> (done in last month) whereas I am upgrading mine since last 3 years. Do I
>>> need to install any package?
>>
>> You should give reference to website so that it is easier for other to
>> try reproduce the problem and suggest solutions.
>
> I guess you have checked both imagebin links I provided in my original post.
> The site is http://www.misalpav.com/
>
>>
>> I don't think upgrading vs fresh installing is going to make
>> difference as long as the font are same.
>> Here are some things you can check/try.
>> 1. Check if you have same set of font packages installed. Fonts for
>> Devnagari are part of ttf-indic-fonts-core and ttf-devnagari-fonts.
>> See if removing ttf-devnagari-fonts package makes any difference (if
>> it is installed).
>
> I had ttf-devanagari-fonts installed. So I removed them, but didn't help.
>
>> 2. Try creating new test profile in firefox. If the new profile shows
>> same problem then the problem lies somewhere other than firefox. If it
>> doesn't show problem then the problem is with settings in your current
>> profile.
>>
>
> Creating new Firefox profile doesn't solve the problem.

So that means problem is not with firefox.

>
> Is there any plugin / package am I missing?

I don't think so. There is one more thing you can try. In System ->
Preferences -> Appearance, in Fonts tab check which option is set for
'Rendering'. If you are using LCD monitor you should choose 'Subpixel
smoothing' otherwise choose 'Best shapes'.


Onkar