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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:13:10
Message-Id: 571BAD1A.90307@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts by Corbin
1 On 04/23/2016 09:53 AM, Corbin wrote:
2 >
3 > If it is font problems ... Mozilla is using a lot of MS TTF fonts.
4 >
5 > Three font packages to try ...
6 >
7 > # 1 "media-fonts/corefonts"
8 > ( MS TTF fonts )
9 >
10 > # 2 "media-fonts/liberation-fonts"
11 > ( known to fix CUPS printing from Firefox problems )
12 >
13 > # 3 "media-fonts/croscorefonts"
14 > ( MS compatible / replacements )
15 >
16 > Let us know if this works.
17 >
18
19 Make sure you use `eselect fontconfig` after installing fonts to enable
20 them. Just installing the fonts doesn't mean the system will use them.
21 (As I found out when trying to fix my Firefox printing problems.)
22
23 Dan