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Your fontconfig install should really take care of this for you locally without HN needing to change anything. You shouldn't need to install mscorefonts either
by tux1968 15y ago
Your fontconfig install should really take care of this for you locally without HN needing to change anything. You shouldn't need to install mscorefonts either since there are reasonable free alternatives.
- aw34W 15y agoIt is a valid point, though. Others have had the same issue. It would be better to use families that worked in most major linux distros in the last few years without tweaking. Mentioned by daleharvey almost 2 years ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1229637 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1229637 Related discussion from then: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1229006 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1229006
- tux1968 15y agoTotally agree that there isn't a good reason to specify Verdana instead of a more universal font family. But even if you get HN to fix this up, there will remain many other sites with similar odd choices. So it's easier to insulate yourself from the issue instead, with a proper fontconfig setup. I'd have thought most recent distro's come configured to avoid this issue completely. If not, it's pretty simple to configure your system to substitute a font of your choice in all these cases.