Some of you may have upgraded to Firefox 4, then said:
"The fonts look like sh*t!"
The reason they look that way is because of the new hardware acceleration feature. Here’s how to get your fonts back to looking normal:
1. Firefox > Options > Options
2. Advanced (top) > General (tab) > Use hardware acceleration when available (UNcheck)
3. Close all Firefox tabs/windows and restart browser. Reboot not required.
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Cool, have to check this settings and apply it right away. Thanks.
“The fonts look like sh*t!”
Really? How about some professionalism?
My apologies. Next time I’ll write that they look like sweaty donkey nuts on a hot day in July.
Nice…so much for professionalism.
My apologies. Next time I’ll write they look like Professional Sweaty Donkey Nuts on a Hot Day in July.
It would lend more credibility to your articles.
Sometimes Professional Sweaty Donkey Nuts on a Hot Day in July do add credibility to article content; this is true. Good point.
You’re Welcome.
I noticed the problem with fonts in Facebook as I just upgraded to Firefox 4 (using XP) – but it looked ugly
I closed Firefox, went to ‘Control Panel > Fonts’ removed all ‘Lucida Grande’ fonts – redownloaded them from http://font.pendownload.com/2009/10/lucida-grande-facebook-font/ and installed ONLY the ‘True-Type’ NOT ‘Type 1′ fonts then opened Firefox and all was good!
I am sure you could just find and remove the ‘Lucida Grande Type 1′ fonts, but I wanted to be sure