Hello Alex,

I'm no expert in the font field and for that reason I rely on information that I find online.
Which means to me that your information is valid like anything else I find.

Here is a link to a blog which might interest you:
http://sams0n.blog.com/2012/01/23/making-fonts-in-linux-browsers-look-exactly-like-those-of-windows-and-mac/
And I have setup my browsers accordingly.

I would expect that 'sans', 'serif' and 'mono-space' function as system wide aliases in any application, but my experience is that I get better results when I configure any browser by naming the correct fonts.

By the way, I also find 'opinions' of people who don't like Ubuntu's font rendering.

Enjoy your system!
Wilbert van Bakel


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Alex G.S. <alxgrtnstrngl@gmail.com> wrote:
 
The default font configuration just looks wrong and leads to browser font rendering in both Firefox and Chrome that looks radically different from what it normally looks like on Windows and Mac OS.