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    Dell XPS 15 users - do you have bad fonts on Firefox 5?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by awaisuk, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. awaisuk

    awaisuk Notebook Deity

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    Hey,

    Dell XPS 15 users - do you have bad fonts on Firefox 5?

    Anyone know how to fix those blurry fonts without disabling hardware acceleration?

    Thanks.
     
    awaisuk, Jul 14, 2011
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  2. Chase.Barnett

    Chase.Barnett Notebook Evangelist

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    I just installed Firefox a little while ago. I got tired of Chrome crashing on me when playing videos.

    The one thing I have noticed since I installed it is that the text isn't too crisp..
     
    Chase.Barnett, Jul 14, 2011
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    jiggawhat Notebook Evangelist

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    You can disable hardware acceleration for fonts, but leave it on for videos.

    go to about:config

    type in "gfx."

    there are several options in there you might want to change. particularly concerning direct2d and font smoothing
     
    jiggawhat, Jul 14, 2011
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