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[Solved] PDFs not rendering in Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted:
Nov 13th, '23, 15:30
by DiBosco
Folks,
If I open a PDF in Firefox or Thunderbird they do not render correctly. The fonts are wrong, letters run into each other and it all becomes and unreadable mess.
Firefox: 115.4.0esr (64-bit)
Thunderbird 115.4.1
Has anyone else seen this and/or know what (if anything) I can do to fix this please?
Thanks
Re: PDFs not rendering properly in Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted:
Nov 13th, '23, 17:21
by Germ
Try the latest version of firefox, 119.0.1
Re: PDFs not rendering properly in Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted:
Nov 13th, '23, 17:56
by doktor5000
Noticed that for thunderbird, the integrated preview was totally borked regarding the fonts and totally unreadable.
Fixed it for me by changing this to open with Okular in thunderbird settings instead of the preview.
Re: PDFs not rendering properly in Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted:
Nov 13th, '23, 18:06
by DiBosco
Actually, I had forgotten you can also do that in Firefox and it might be the best way round it, thanks.
Re: PDFs not rendering properly in Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted:
Nov 13th, '23, 23:12
by morgano
DiBosco wrote:Has anyone else seen this and/or know what (if anything) I can do to fix this please?
Absolutely.
Tip: Whenever someone feels that way, please check errata
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Errata#Firefox_ESR