antialias font in Firefox under Ubuntu
How to stop using bad Microsoft© font under Ubuntu Linux in order to user nice anti aliased font under Firefox.
Just modify the /etc/fonts/local.conf
with the following code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Miscellaneous settings -->
<include ignore_missing="yes">misc.conf</include>
<!-- Define alias -->
<include ignore_missing="yes">alias.conf</include>
<!-- Rules for Microsoft fonts -->
<include ignore_missing="yes">msfonts-rules.conf</include>
<match target="pattern" name="family" >
<test name="family" qual="any" >
<string>Tahoma</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="family" >
<string>Verdana</string>
</edit>
</match>
<selectfont>
<acceptfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family">
<string>Lucida Grande</string>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</acceptfont>
</selectfont>
<match target="pattern" name="family" >
<test name="family" qual="any" >
<string>Georgia</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="family" >
<string>Georgia</string>
</edit>
</match>
<selectfont>
<acceptfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family">
<string>Century Schoolbook L</string>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</acceptfont>
</selectfont>
</fontconfig>
Hope it helped someone who like me had his eyes crying in face of such ugly fonts.
Published on 2010-01-12