Flash not displaying text properly on Ubuntu? September 17, 2005
Posted by Carthik in snippets, ubuntu.trackback
The solution is to install gsfonts-x11 and msttcorefonts by doing:
$ sudo apt-get install gsfonts-x11 msttcorefonts
The former allows the X server to use the Ghostscript fonts to display text on your screen and the latter installs some common, even essential, Microsoft core fonts, like Verdana.
This should lead to a smooter experience on flash.
What do you lose by doing this? Nothing. You lose a little clarity if you don’t install these, so do it 🙂
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What do you lose by doing this? Nothing. You lose a little clarity if you don’t install these, so do it
I dont know whether this problem concerns my installation or no – but on my Hoary installation, I used to experience a bit weir/d fonts in FF after installing msttcorefonts.
BTW do you still have a WP /invitation ?
Ankit, that is certainly strange. For me, it was an improvement if anything.
I am out of invites now. I will let you know if I get more, though.
Is there anyway to install ms core fonts on breezy yet?
Hm, I have no fonts in the flash menus and such.. (when i right click on a flash)..
Result = I’m not able to read certain webpages with flash because there are nothing where the fonts should be 😐
I haven’t been able to use some flash applications in a while due to the fact the text did not show.
Thanks for posting this!
What about embed fonts?
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Ankit, that is certainly strange. For me, it was an improvement if anything.
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