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[ubuntu] 12.04 and font rendering in Firefox

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi Ubuntu Community, I have just installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.04, after 2 years of Ubuntu 10.04. My main problem is about font rendering in Firefox (and also Thunderbird). I have many screenshots of what it looked liked with Ubuntu 10.04 so it's easy to compare : Ubuntu 10.04 And now with Ubuntu 12.04: As you can see, it's much more blurry with Ubuntu 12.04. Do you have an idea how I can have the same rendering as on Ubuntu 10.04? (Hardware)

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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-817-1 August 20, 2009 thunderbird vulnerabilities http://launchpad.net/bugs/416646 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

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