Default fonts in Firefox

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Tue Sep 27 12:43:47 CDT 2005


On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 05:48:38PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Bug 7196 complains that the fonts in Firefox are ugly.
> 
> I agree and my current plan is to make at least the following changes
> to the default Firefox profile:
> 
>  * Use sans-serif fonts, rather than serif fonts, when the
>    website doesn't specify.
> 
>  * Set minimum font size to 11 (one less than the default size of 12).
> 
> There is room for discussion about whether we should also change the
> default font chosen for each of sans and serif.
> 
> This is your chance to have a large flamewar about a trivial matter.

Given that this seems mostly subjective, and that there are often subtle
localization issues involved with changing fonts, let's defer the changes
until after the 5.10 release.  Naturally, discussion is still welcome.

Will we have any font experts at UBZ?

-- 
 - mdz



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