[Bug 238719] Re: printing hardy home page from firefox to pdf or hpijs looks awful, scrunched fonts

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:40:59PM -0000, cpitchford wrote:
> Ok, I think I've found a solution..
> 
> I've added the following file:
> 
> $ cat /etc/fonts/conf.d/69-zzz_fixedfonts.conf 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <fontconfig>
> <!-- Enabled Fixed bitmap fonts -->
>  <selectfont>
>    <acceptfont>
>      <pattern>
>         <patelt name="family"><string>Fixed</string></patelt>
>      </pattern>
>    </acceptfont>
>  </selectfont>
> </fontconfig>  
> 
> and disabled bitmapped fonts in dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
> I assumed that I need to ensure my config was processed prior to 70-no-bitmaps.conf hence why I made it 69-zzz-
> 
> Now I have a fixed font gnome-terminal and my firefox fonts and printing
> to pdf/printer all seem much much happier!
> 
> I'm guessing this can be closed now since I think I've solved it myself. What might be nice is if the font config package moved 70-no-bitmaps.conf and 70-yes-bitmaps.conf to 75 giving the administrator the option to include some fixed fonts prior to the overriding yes/no?
> I also suppose I should really use local.conf too!
> 
> Sorry to trouble everyone!
> 

let fontconfig maintainer decide ...

 affects ubuntu/fontconfig
 status confirmed

 - Alexander


** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => fontconfig
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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printing hardy home page from firefox to pdf or hpijs looks awful, scrunched fonts
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