On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:47:20 -0500, mg <mg@spamdump.org> wrote:

>I recently patched my machine using:
>
>x11-6.9.0-i486-14_slack11.0
>x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0
>x11-xvfb-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0
>x11-xnest-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0
>x11-xdmx-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0
>xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-1_slack11.0
>fontconfig-2.4.2-i486-1_slack11.0
>freetype-2.3.4-i486-1_slack11.0
>
>Fonts look different now. In Firefox it is noticeably different
>especially on Yahoos website (and web email) where the fonts used in
>links look very ugly (and different). This was *not* the case before the
>upgrade. I noticed this immediately after the upgrade.
>
>Strangely enough, viewing the same pages on Yahoo using Konqueror the
>fonts used for links seems unchanged.
>
>Konsole is another application that shows some slight difference in
>fonts but it is tolerable.
>
>Has anyone else seen this? Maybe I've missed something.
>
>I used the latest pakage: x11-6.9.0-i486-14_slack11.0 instead of
>x11-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz
>
>
>$ fc-cache --version
>fontconfig version 2.4.2
>
>Any tips, advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>TIA
>-- MG

I've had some issues with upgrading to x11-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz
on Slackware 10.2 and the only Wine package that works for me:

http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=760

In Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 I fonts like Japanese, Russian, etc show
much better now.

Alsao see my message news:5spi235hkoc356u6vtcj07d2ectbnjjgqt@4ax.com
with subject 'After upgrading to x11-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2 (on
Slackware 10.2)' in this group.

Manuel