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Better and clearer fonts

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Nocta
Nocta
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Hi guys,

Is there a way to change default fonts on Firefox for better and clearer ones?

Although I don't like it much, I use IE 9 for some websites which don't support Firefox. After visiting a couple of websites I realized IE has clearer fonts than Firefox. I read a lot on the internet and I found much better doing it with IE 9 fonts than with Firefox.

I'm using Firefox 20 and IE 9 on Windows 7 Pro 32bits.

I attach an image to be clearer on what I say. I hope you understand.

PS: I've already tried disabling "hardware acceleration" but still no joy.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/54835077.png/

Cheers.

Hi guys, Is there a way to change default fonts on Firefox for better and clearer ones? Although I don't like it much, I use IE 9 for some websites which don't support Firefox. After visiting a couple of websites I realized IE has clearer fonts than Firefox. I read a lot on the internet and I found much better doing it with IE 9 fonts than with Firefox. I'm using Firefox 20 and IE 9 on Windows 7 Pro 32bits. I attach an image to be clearer on what I say. I hope you understand. PS: I've already tried disabling "hardware acceleration" but still no joy. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/54835077.png/ Cheers.

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hello, another addon you could look at is Anti-Aliasing Tuner which offers various settings to change the rendering of text.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/anti-aliasing-tuner/

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corischauer
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You can use an extension to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages.

NoSquint: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/

Default FullZoom Level: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/

Nocta
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Thanks corischauer but those extensions didn't fix my problem even though I've been trying configurating those extensions in different ways,.

philipp
philipp
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hello, another addon you could look at is Anti-Aliasing Tuner which offers various settings to change the rendering of text.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/anti-aliasing-tuner/

Nocta
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Much better now. Thanks!!!