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    Strange fonts after upgrading to Ubuntu Saucy (13.10.)

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    • Deleted User
      Deleted User last edited by

      It has been a long time since I had problems with fonts in opera. Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 and the fonts do not look like they used to. I tried to change the settings but I am a little bit confused:

      1) Do I need to restart Opera so the changes take place?

      2) What fonts settings influnece what?

      The fonts seems odd (even though it is till usable, just a bit ugly) no matter what I select. What fonts do you use with Opera?

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      • frenzie
        frenzie last edited by

        Have you tried a clean profile (opera -pd /tmp) to see whether the issue is inherent or just something in your settings?

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        • n2696118
          n2696118 last edited by

          I have the same problem after upgrading to 13.10. Tried to launch Opera with a clean profile as suggested above but still ugly fonts.

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          • Deleted User
            Deleted User last edited by

            Frenzie: No, that does not help either.

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            • kerenskyy
              kerenskyy last edited by

              can you post a screenshot? :pingu:

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              • akdor1154
                akdor1154 last edited by

                I'm running Xubuntu Saucy with no font issues here. It's a clean install, but I also had an upgrade from Raring working happily too.
                Try clearing ~/fonts.conf (and obviously /etc/fonts/ if you've been playing in there too). Do both Qt and GTK applications look fine on your system?

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                • Deleted User
                  Deleted User last edited by

                  Originally posted by KerenSkyy:

                  can you post a screenshot? :pingu:

                  Screenshots of fonts get distorted, it is not as fuzzy as on the screenshot:

                  Originally posted by Akdor1154:

                  I'm running Xubuntu Saucy with no font issues here. It's a clean install, but I also had an upgrade from Raring working happily too.
                  Try clearing ~/fonts.conf (and obviously /etc/fonts/ if you've been playing in there too). Do both Qt and GTK applications look fine on your system?

                  I have not ~/fonts.conf and I have not messed with /etc/fonts). Yes, GTK and Qt applications are fine.

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                  • frenzie
                    frenzie last edited by

                    @felagund Clean profile no success for you either?

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                    • Zloy-Utk
                      Zloy-Utk last edited by

                      Try running opera with the following line:

                      opera --debugfont | grep -A 25 'Xft baseline'
                      

                      and close it immediately. See the grep output in a console. Most probably lcdfilter is set to legacy. It this is the case, do the following:
                      1.

                      $ echo 'Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault' >> ~/.Xresources
                      

                      2. Restart your X session.
                      3. See obvious changes in opera's rendering

                      This overrides default Xft lcd filtering engine (see http://spasche.net/files/lcdfiltering/ for details).

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                      • ravindranantonysamy
                        ravindranantonysamy last edited by

                        I am trying to Install it, (13.10) and Its says wrong architecture and crashes my ubuntu software center. any help ?

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                        • sgunhouse
                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Install what?

                          Wrong architecture means you are trying to install 64-bit Opera into a 32-bit system, or are trying to install 32-bit Opera and do not have the 32-bit compatibility libraries on a 64-bit system ... or of course are trying to install Opera on a completely foreign processor, like ARM or MIPS or whatever.

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                          • maxxo2
                            maxxo2 last edited by

                            I was faced with the same problem after a clean Ubuntu 13.10 install and Zloy-Utk's suggestion works, thanks a lot.

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                            • Deleted User
                              Deleted User last edited by

                              Originally posted by maxxo2:

                              I was faced with the same problem after a clean Ubuntu 13.10 install and Zloy-Utk's suggestion works, thanks a lot.

                              Yes, for me too! Thanks.

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                              • Deleted User
                                Deleted User last edited by

                                Здорово, злой уток!

                                This fixed my fonts in Mageia/KDE too! Not just an Opera problem. I thought this was some general KDE issue that one must live with.

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                                • n2696118
                                  n2696118 last edited by

                                  Originally posted by Zloy-Utk:

                                  $ echo 'Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault' >> ~/.Xresources
                                  

                                  Yay, thanks, fixes it for me too!

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