Default fonts in Firefox

[Ian Jackson]

Matthias Klose writes ("Re: Default fonts in Firefox"):
> Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Regardless of the result of the wider discussion, I'm still planning
> > to change the default default from serif to sans.  While antialiasing
> > has improved matters, it's still the case that serifs on displays are
> > heavier, larger and/or more uneven than in print, so the usual rule
> > that text with serifs is easier to read is far from obviously true.
> > If you disagree with this plan please say so.
> 
> Does this still hold, if you exchange Bitstream Vera Serif with DejaVu
> Serif? The Bitstream Vera fonts i.e. don't have explicit oblique shapes,
> but the DejaVu fonts have.

What is this DejaVu Serif ?  It doesn't appear in the list of
available fonts in the Firefox font selection dialogue.

> The DejaVu fonts are derived from the Bitstream Vera fonts, but add more
> glyphs, particularily for eastern european languages, but should be
> exchangeable with the Bitstream Vera fonts.

This seems unrelated to serif-vs-sans or antialiasing.

Ian.