Fonts are not rendering properly (pixelated) in Firefox, Libreoffice, and parts of the desktop
When I entitle "Fonts are not rendering properly", it is an euphemism : they are really ugly.
I've looked for an solution for hours and tried many things, without success. Last resort : posting a question here.
Problem
I installed Font manager, and after that, fonts began rendering in a very odd way, really pixelated, square-looking.
Fonts are ugly in :
- Gnome top bar
- Welcome screen
- All apps top bars
- Gnome apps (screen capture, Gedit, Disk utility...)
- Firefox
- Libreoffice
- Inkscape UI
...
Fonts are OK on :
- Chromium
- Calculator
- Audacity
- The Gimp
- User's text in Inkscape
- ...
Configuration
Ubuntu : 18.10
Processor : Intel® Core™ i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4
Graphic card : Intel® Haswell Mobile
GNOME : 3.30.1
Operating system : 64bits
Trials
-Different settings in Gnome fonts
- Reinstall libfreetype6
- Delete font.conf
- apt-get install -f and all
- ...
Thank you for reading until the end. If ever you have a clue...
gnome firefox libreoffice fonts display-manager
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
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When I entitle "Fonts are not rendering properly", it is an euphemism : they are really ugly.
I've looked for an solution for hours and tried many things, without success. Last resort : posting a question here.
Problem
I installed Font manager, and after that, fonts began rendering in a very odd way, really pixelated, square-looking.
Fonts are ugly in :
- Gnome top bar
- Welcome screen
- All apps top bars
- Gnome apps (screen capture, Gedit, Disk utility...)
- Firefox
- Libreoffice
- Inkscape UI
...
Fonts are OK on :
- Chromium
- Calculator
- Audacity
- The Gimp
- User's text in Inkscape
- ...
Configuration
Ubuntu : 18.10
Processor : Intel® Core™ i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4
Graphic card : Intel® Haswell Mobile
GNOME : 3.30.1
Operating system : 64bits
Trials
-Different settings in Gnome fonts
- Reinstall libfreetype6
- Delete font.conf
- apt-get install -f and all
- ...
Thank you for reading until the end. If ever you have a clue...
gnome firefox libreoffice fonts display-manager
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
1
Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please executeecho $XDG_SESSION_TYPEand post the results in your question.
– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
Thanks for your concern. I getx11in response.
– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50
|
show 2 more comments
When I entitle "Fonts are not rendering properly", it is an euphemism : they are really ugly.
I've looked for an solution for hours and tried many things, without success. Last resort : posting a question here.
Problem
I installed Font manager, and after that, fonts began rendering in a very odd way, really pixelated, square-looking.
Fonts are ugly in :
- Gnome top bar
- Welcome screen
- All apps top bars
- Gnome apps (screen capture, Gedit, Disk utility...)
- Firefox
- Libreoffice
- Inkscape UI
...
Fonts are OK on :
- Chromium
- Calculator
- Audacity
- The Gimp
- User's text in Inkscape
- ...
Configuration
Ubuntu : 18.10
Processor : Intel® Core™ i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4
Graphic card : Intel® Haswell Mobile
GNOME : 3.30.1
Operating system : 64bits
Trials
-Different settings in Gnome fonts
- Reinstall libfreetype6
- Delete font.conf
- apt-get install -f and all
- ...
Thank you for reading until the end. If ever you have a clue...
gnome firefox libreoffice fonts display-manager
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
When I entitle "Fonts are not rendering properly", it is an euphemism : they are really ugly.
I've looked for an solution for hours and tried many things, without success. Last resort : posting a question here.
Problem
I installed Font manager, and after that, fonts began rendering in a very odd way, really pixelated, square-looking.
Fonts are ugly in :
- Gnome top bar
- Welcome screen
- All apps top bars
- Gnome apps (screen capture, Gedit, Disk utility...)
- Firefox
- Libreoffice
- Inkscape UI
...
Fonts are OK on :
- Chromium
- Calculator
- Audacity
- The Gimp
- User's text in Inkscape
- ...
Configuration
Ubuntu : 18.10
Processor : Intel® Core™ i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4
Graphic card : Intel® Haswell Mobile
GNOME : 3.30.1
Operating system : 64bits
Trials
-Different settings in Gnome fonts
- Reinstall libfreetype6
- Delete font.conf
- apt-get install -f and all
- ...
Thank you for reading until the end. If ever you have a clue...
gnome firefox libreoffice fonts display-manager
gnome firefox libreoffice fonts display-manager
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
edited Dec 6 '18 at 22:29
mature
1,697524
1,697524
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
asked Dec 6 '18 at 18:39
CorentinCorentin
12
12
1
Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please executeecho $XDG_SESSION_TYPEand post the results in your question.
– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
Thanks for your concern. I getx11in response.
– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50
|
show 2 more comments
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Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please executeecho $XDG_SESSION_TYPEand post the results in your question.
– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
Thanks for your concern. I getx11in response.
– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50
1
1
Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please execute
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE and post the results in your question.– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please execute
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE and post the results in your question.– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
Thanks for your concern. I get
x11 in response.– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50
Thanks for your concern. I get
x11 in response.– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50
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Wow that's really ugly! Are you using Wayland or Xorg?
– Charles Green
Dec 6 '18 at 19:03
Hmm... Probably, yes. Here is my Xorg version : X.Org X Server 1.20.1 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:43
I have wayland files and directories too in /usr/share, but I never asked it to work.
– Corentin
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
I believe that those are always there... Please execute
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPEand post the results in your question.– Charles Green
Dec 7 '18 at 20:48
Thanks for your concern. I get
x11in response.– Corentin
Dec 8 '18 at 14:50