lxde firefox fonts

[lxlizard]

Hello!

I am enjoying using pclxde on my old ibm thinkpad a21m (circa ~ 2000 AD).

I notice that on some web sites (discussion boards especially) that I frequent, the font is horrible to read- very jaggedy and rough looking. This is unlike any other distro- when I visit these sites on other distros, the fonts always are very smooth and clear.

Is there a setting I can change in firefox or lxde or fonts I need to download to make things easier on the eyes?

Thanks!

[Neal ManBear]

In firefox > Edit > Preferences > Content tab > adjust your fonts here.

[lxlizard]

I already tried that. no luck.

Thank you though...

[Neal ManBear]

You checked the different fonts available? Many web pages use their own fonts and ignore the settings in your browser, but you can alter that on loading of a page. Click View > Zoom to increase or decrease page size; click View > Character encoding to change the rendering. Be careful with this. Default encoding is Unicode (UTF-8). Check the others with caution.

And check the file /home/<you>/.config/lxde/config at line 5 to see which font at what size your system is set to use. Not sure this will help, but some web pages allow the use of your system font.