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1y ago

Why does the font on Lemmy.world look like an eyesore?

I just switched from Ubuntu 23.10 to Debian 12 (using X11) if that helps. I didn't have this problem in Ubuntu.

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Are you using Firefox within a flatpak perchance ?
There seems to be a bug to it relating to use of bitmap fonts, you can fix the issue by disabling them via a config file in firefox's fonts: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621915
- Thank you, worked like a charm.
- I have a similar problem, but on Lemmy.zip (Lemmy.world looks fine). However, I am running Fedora Kinoite (immutable), where Firefox is not installed as Flatpak.

From your other responses, this is a system issue not a problem with the website.
Lemmy.world's code has this font list for sans-serif: system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Noto Sans","Liberation Sans",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Noto Color Emoji"
I'd use the dev tools to check which font is being rendered. I'm on Windows so I get Segoe UI, which I find entirely acceptable.
- Fixed the issue by going tothis link (posted by @Tzeentch), https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621915, and implementing the solution mentioned by user, Pablo:
  
  Ah, flatpak shenanigans

Bruh, I read "font" as "front" in title and was confused as to why you were listing your os specs

Back in the day, debian used to render fonts badly to avoid a potential patent trap. Is that still a thing?
- All of the ClearType patents are expired, so that's not an issue anymore. OP probably just has anti-aliasing turned off for some reason.
- No.
  
  I'm getting old, it seems. Kids these days probably don't even have to configure modlines in XFree86. Sheesh. ;)

I use and recommend the Alexandrite UI https://a.lemmy.world
- The font issue is affecting other websites I go to as well.
  I installed the mscorefonts (sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer) but still having this issue.
  
  Do you have an (ad)blocker that blocks remote fonts fetching?

Try https://a.lemmy.world
- You can also try p.lemmy.world as well.
- I'm having the same issue on other sites as well (not all but some). Does this have something to do with Frefox and MS fonts?

You could start with using dark reader
- i hated dark reader because it only works like 70% of the time, and often it doesn't even look that good.
- I think Lemmy has themes too
  I try to use the built in darkmode because dark reader got sluggish on some sites. Then I whitelist it on the sites that I need to

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