Am 20.07.2018 um 22:20 schrieb Kent West: > I'm running Sid, and after some recent updates (which introduced several > problems, most of which I've now ironed out), I've noticed that some of > my emails (read in Chromium via Google Mail) and a few web pages have > ugly, hard-to-read text. I've since discovered that I can Ctrl-Plus or > Ctrl-Minus to bump the text/page zoom one notch one way or the other and > the font clears up. > > How do I find a fix? > > I've used Chromium's right-click/Inspect feature to see fonts mentioned > (Arial & Tahoma & Lucinda Grande & Sans Serif(?) come to mind), which I > didn't see on my system using either GWaterfall or Font Manager, so I > installed a few font packages, which doesn't seem to have helped, but > which did provide me with fonts with at least similar names in some > cases. I suspect I'm bouncing in the general area of the problem's > solution, but not quite there. > > It's a nuisance, but not a huge deal, as the font is somewhat readable, > and the zoom makes it more so, but it would be nice to get fixed. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! >
Try to turn off hinting (set to "none"). The place, where you can find the setting depends on the desktop. If you use GNOME, it's in gnome-tweaks. On Plasma it's in systemsettings. In Mate it's in mate-control-center For LXDE it's lxappearance Max
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