Edd Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) My fonts after upgrading to LE2005 are really ugly. They're extremely pixelated and aren't very nice to use. I noticed a thread where someone's fonts looked like this: http://img267.echo.cx/img267/1916/screenshot39xd.png To be honest, that is just how I would like to get my fonts to be like. I am running Gnome, but the fonts are bad in KDE as well (if that is of any significance). Thanks a lot :) Edited July 14, 2005 by Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest =MaxiM= Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) I had the exact same problem under KDE - on some sites fonts were awfully thin and not antialiased. To change that i have only installed TrueType fonts and now everything looks as it supposed to. Just like the screenshot above. Edited July 14, 2005 by =MaxiM= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I tried what you said about the TrueType fonts (changed to them) but the fonts (system wide, not just on the net) still look horrible and pixelated. Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Try posting your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and and /etc/X11/fs/config files so people can compare to what's on their system for differences. These are the main config files that can impact font rendering. You also need to examine your X setup, i.e. list your graphics card, driver used, monitor, resolution, color depth. It could be just a driver issue on the graphics card or a misconfigured monitor selection. I assume your fonts looked OK prior to upgrading. If you have your old X config file, xorg.conf, you can compare it to what you have currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 you could try the following, it worked for me: menu>system>configuration>KDE>looknfeel>fonts check the box against 'use anti-aliasing for fonts' and then go to configure (same window) and check the box against 'Use sub-pixel hinting' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I switched back to KDE, did what you said and the fonts seem far better. I think I am gonna stick with KDE anyway cus Gnome seems a touch volatile on my laptop :( Thanks for the help :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Unfortunatly i have the same problem and i can't fix it. I didn't see my xorg.conf file, but even if i had - i'm new to linux and all that is written there is like chinees to me :D Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 My experience with 10.2 is similar to =MaxiM='s. When I specify the use of TrueType fonts in the KDE Control Center (I am partial to Sans which is located in /usr/share/fonts/ttf/dejavu) then my fonts are very nice. You need to make sure the FreeType TrueType font rendering engine is installed: freetype-1.3.1-21mdk libfreetype6-2.1.7-4mdk freetype-tools-1.3.1-21mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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