It’s been forever since I last looked, but can’t you actually change what fonts are used from within Firefox directly?
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Akinzekeel@lemmy.world 7 months agoBecause bold fonts look weird in Firefox and I have not found a way to change that
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
I did have a strange issue with that in the past, but not any more.
I think it went away after going through the Windows ClearType gubbins again.
Akinzekeel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I remember trying this as well but it didn’t help, and the problem also exists on Linux
JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 months ago
Oh god, that menu is the worst shit. I literally downloaded an open source program to tweak it.
Zacryon@feddit.de 7 months ago
That’s new to me. Can you share a screenshot?
Akinzekeel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, please check the other reply in this comment thread
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Weird do you have a screen shot you can share? they look fine to me.
Could it be something withyour windows installation?
Akinzekeel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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Here is a picture that demonstrates the problem. On the left is Firefox and on the right Thorium (Chromium). I’ve had this problem on Windows before but now I’m using Linux and it’s the same unfortunately.
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yea, just tested it myself and i have the same problem. but not in choromium.
Weird!
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Using DuckDuckGo, which is chromium-based, it has the same problem, all text weights are bolded at the maximum values.
It looks like Firefox is trying to be more respectful of the text weights, when deciding how to bold text.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If I’m understanding that screenshot correctly, it looks like Thorium (Chromium) is ignoring the text values and bolding any of them at the max bolding value, where Firefox respects the text values and bolts off of that just slightly.