Firefox has rough, non-antialised fonts. Anybody knows how to correct?

[Tobias Kortkamp]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016, at 06:25 AM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:07:21 +0100, Tobias Kortkamp wrote:
> > Bitmap fonts are enabled by default. You can disable them globally by
> > running
> > 
> >   ln -s /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf
> >   /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
> > 
> > Chromium seems to do its own thing regarding font rendering.
> 
> How about installing the famous "webfonts" package via pkg?
> Does it help (like in any other "mainstream" or "niche" browser)?
> Maybe installing other quality fonts helps the browser display
> web pages in a more pleasant manner?

It does, after you disable bitmaps fonts of course :p

I would recommend installing
https://www.freshports.org/x11-fonts/croscorefonts-fonts-ttf/ for this.
To make sure that they are used I've set up aliases for them in
/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/:
https://github.com/t6/wip-ports/blob/master/misc/desktoprc/files/99-desktoprc-croscore.conf.in