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

Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] abhishek.amberkar at gmail.com
Wed Jun 16 06:35:48 BST 2010


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.

Is there any plugin / package am I missing?


-- 
With Regards
Abhishek Amberkar



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