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Re: Font problem: Helvetica appears bitmapped



Hello

Leo Breebaart (<leo@lspace.org>) wrote:

> I am running a Debian/unstable system, usually to my full
> satisfaction, but there is *one* problem: the font 'Helvetica'
> often appears as an ugly bitmapped version of the font, typically
> on web pages (when "font-family: Helvetica" is explicitly
> specified in the style sheet), but e.g. also as the menu font for
> Konqueror (note: I run Gnome, not KDE -- I was just using
> Konqueror to double-check).
> 
> On the other hand, if I choose 'Helvetica' as a text font in
> OpenOffice there's no problem and I get the anti-aliased version
> just fine.

This could be a fontconfig problem. Try

dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

and say no when you are asked for the bitmap fonts.

best regards
 Andreas Janssen

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