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What fonts are you using for Firefox on Ubuntu?

2 points by 8x8squares 9y ago

I'm currently using the default DejaVu fonts. I used Firefox earlier and jumped on the Chrome bandwagon when it became popular. I just made a switch back from Chrome to Firefox and it feels a lot faster than Chrome. I have installed Microsoft fonts on my Ubuntu and Chrome uses these fonts. Now, I'm trying to make Firefox use the same fonts but I don't seem to figure out the font names for Serif, Sans-serif, and Monospace.

pmontra 9y ago
Webfonts, when not blocked by any of the privacy protection add ons I use, or DejaVu 16 for Sans and Serif and DejaVu 12 for Mono. What font do you use and why this question?
- 8x8squares 9y ago
  I'm currently using the default DejaVu fonts. I used Firefox earlier and jumped on the Chrome bandwagon when it became popular. I just made a switch back from Chrome to Firefox and it feels a lot faster than Chrome. I have installed Microsoft fonts on my Ubuntu and Chrome uses these fonts. Now, I'm trying to make Firefox use the same fonts but I don't seem to figure out the font names for Serif, Sans-serif, and Monospace. I'll add these details to my question.
  - pmontra 9y ago
    The DejaVu font family has a DejaVu Sans, a DejaVu Serif and a DejaVu Mono. You should see them listed in Settings, Font, in the font selector of LibreOffice Writer and obviously in Firefox, where you pick a font in the settings. dpkg -l tells me that I've got installed fonts-dejavu, fonts-dejavu-core and fonts-dejavu-extra.
Sylos 9y ago
I've never used the Microsoft fonts on Linux, so maybe I'm completely misinterpreting your question, but if it's just a case of you wanting to know names of Microsoft fonts: The classics: - Times New Roman (Serif) - Arial (Sans) - Lucida Console (Mono) ClearType fonts: - Calibri (Sans; the default font in MS Office 2007 onwards) - Constantia (Serif) - Corbel (Sans) - Cambria (Serif) - Candara (Sans) - Consolas (Mono) And then they also use the Segoe family of fonts a lot in the Windows UI. As for what (non-Microsoft) font I use, this one: https://mozilla.github.io/Fira/ https://mozilla.github.io/Fira/ (Sans and Mono)
- 8x8squares 9y ago
  Thanks for your response. But I should have phrased my question better. I'm actually trying to reproduce the fonts Chrome uses, on my Firefox on Ubuntu.