[ale] how do you disable font smoothing in firefox in linux

[Wolf Halton]

no detrimental effect.
The application looks for the resource in [expectedPlace],
doesn't find resource.
Aplication wastes no cycles considering if resource is recoverable with
effort.

Wolf

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On Oct 12, 2013 11:13 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I found that the procedure from the top post here works:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1298180&page=**2&s=**
> 08aa462edeb254668d4f3727221bc0**b4<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298180&page=2&s=08aa462edeb254668d4f3727221bc0b4>
>
> Basically, it says:
>
> sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10*
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
>
> I actually moved the files rather than removing them.  Does anyone know if
> this has negative effects?  I'm now happy with the way Firefox looks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
> On 10/12/2013 11:38 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just installed a new mint vm and I want to disable font smoothing in
>> firefox.  I absolutely despise this feature.  I realize this is highly user
>> dependent.  But, I want to see every little pixel in every letter on the
>> screen.  If it's a slanted line, like in the letter W, I want to see every
>> little jaggy.
>>
>> I can never remember how to disable it when I do a new install.  I've
>> already disabled it in the Mint appearance panel.  But, firefox has it's
>> own setting you have to tweak.  Anybody know the magic spell?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
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