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Firefox missing fixedsys and terminal fonts?

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stealthjet
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I know I have the fixedsys and terminal font installed in the windows font folder, however, they don't show up when selecting for a font in the Tools>Options>Content>fonts & colors. The drop down list of fonts don't show it at all.

I have chrome and they show in there.

Apparently firefox doesn't seem to see that the fonts exist at all, since attempting to display a webpage with these fonts makes it default to times new roman.

I want these fonts back, how do I get them?

I know I have the fixedsys and terminal font installed in the windows font folder, however, they don't show up when selecting for a font in the Tools>Options>Content>fonts & colors. The drop down list of fonts don't show it at all. I have chrome and they show in there. Apparently firefox doesn't seem to see that the fonts exist at all, since attempting to display a webpage with these fonts makes it default to times new roman. I want these fonts back, how do I get them?

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cor-el
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If that are old bitmap fonts then they may no longer work in Firefox 8+.
You will need true type or open type vector fonts.

stealthjet
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Does this mean that there is no way to get these raster/bitmap fonts back for usage in firefox? I personally preferred usage of fixedsys for some websites I visit, especially those related to programming. If it's at all possible, I would like to get them back.

cor-el
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There should be plenty of monospace fonts available that you can use instead of bitmap fonts. Bitmap font can't be enlarged like vector font and will show blocky.