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How to get Firefox to use MS TrueType fonts for Helvetica, Times, etc?

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Mar 15, 202611232 views
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I'm using (Windows) TrueType fonts on my Ubuntu workstation (details), and am mostly happy with how fonts look, both in desktop apps and on the web (using Firefox). However, on some web pages, like this one, fonts completely suck: I found the reason to be in the CSS for that site: When, using Fireb…

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font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Tahoma,sans-serif;

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Edit: I completely updated this answer after getting some breakthrough advice from a colleague. Here's what I inserted in (inside the element): Similarly for Times -> Times New Roman. (See my full here.) The key was to use binding="strong" for the e…

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