[TriLUG] font question for 32 bit apps on x86_64

Joseph Tate dragonstrider at gmail.com
Fri Jun 18 13:32:52 EDT 2010


Do you have the pango/cairo stuff for x32?

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jimmy Dorff <jdorff at phy.duke.edu> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I setup a number of desktop Linux systems and I'm attempting to switch to
> x86_64. My plan is to run 32 bit browser(s) to better support evil closed
> source web plugins.
>
> For the most part I have everything working fine under Fedora 13, except for
> fonts. The fonts on the 32 bit apps just aren't right. An example of the
> font issue is here: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~jdorff/32bitfontquestion.png
> In this image, Thunderbird is 64 bit and has the correct fonts, Firefox is
> 32 bit and doesn't.
>
> I'm sure I just missing a 32 bit package but I can't seem to figure out
> which one. Suggestions are be welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
> Jimmy
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