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Bad fonts in Slack current
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r***@yahoo.de
2006-08-16 10:15:32 UTC
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Hello,

Yesterday I installed Slack current.

My problem is that I get very bad fonts on KDE and also in Firefox.

I made two screenshots with xwd which you can find here
(to open them just type in your terminal "xwud -in <filename>" ) :
1) http://tinyurl.com/muecl
This shows my Firefox Window on my Slack current.
2) http://tinyurl.com/na6l7
This shows the fonts I selected.

Now please look at this:
3) http://tinyurl.com/r9gjs
This is my Firefox under Debian.

Both systems are on the same machine.
Both X's are configured to the same resolution with the same horizontal
and
vertical frequencies.

My question: What can I do to get better fonts for my Slack?

If you want, I can post here my X config files or any other information

if you need it to help me.

Thanks,
rpgkernel
Loki Harfagr
2006-08-16 12:39:11 UTC
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Post by r***@yahoo.de
Hello,
Yesterday I installed Slack current.
My problem is that I get very bad fonts on KDE and also in Firefox.
I made two screenshots with xwd which you can find here
1) http://tinyurl.com/muecl
This shows my Firefox Window on my Slack current.
2) http://tinyurl.com/na6l7
This shows the fonts I selected.
3) http://tinyurl.com/r9gjs
This is my Firefox under Debian.
Both systems are on the same machine.
Both X's are configured to the same resolution with the same horizontal
and
vertical frequencies.
My question: What can I do to get better fonts for my Slack?
If you want, I can post here my X config files or any other information
if you need it to help me.
Thanks,
rpgkernel
First, try this :
# upgradepkg --install-new ...current/slackware/l/freetype-2.1.9-i486-1.tgz
r***@yahoo.de
2006-08-16 13:24:46 UTC
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Post by Loki Harfagr
# upgradepkg --install-new ...current/slackware/l/freetype-2.1.9-i486-1.tgz
I don't have to try this :)
The reason is I just installed all series. Hey, the price for Megabytes
is low.

Okay, seriously.
What should I do with this package? After all, I have it installed from
the beginning
and it didn't change something (i.e. I didn't get smooth fonts.)
Loki Harfagr
2006-08-16 17:13:00 UTC
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Post by r***@yahoo.de
Post by Loki Harfagr
# upgradepkg --install-new ...current/slackware/l/freetype-2.1.9-i486-1.tgz
I don't have to try this :)
The reason is I just installed all series. Hey, the price for Megabytes
is low.
Ah, okay ! Sorry, I was just trying the obvious error cause as
this package was splitted from Xorg packages around the 5th of August !-)

If your "current" includes it the trouble lies somewhere else ...
Post by r***@yahoo.de
Okay, seriously.
What should I do with this package? After all, I have it installed from
the beginning
and it didn't change something (i.e. I didn't get smooth fonts.)
Let's start with 2 tests first :

# grep FontPath /etc/X11/xorg.conf /var/log/Xorg.0.log

And, is you screen an LCD ?
Dave
2006-08-16 18:19:13 UTC
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Post by r***@yahoo.de
Hello,
Yesterday I installed Slack current.
My problem is that I get very bad fonts on KDE and also in Firefox.
I had the same problem after the recent upgrade to KDE 3.5.4 in Slack current.

A search on google found a fix which worked for me.

Go into Control Centre -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts.
Uncheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Recheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Logout of KDE and back in again or just restart Firefox.

Hope it works for you too.
--
Dave.
dave (at) dhoulden (dot) demon (dot) co (dot) uk
r***@yahoo.de
2006-08-16 19:13:29 UTC
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Post by Dave
I had the same problem after the recent upgrade to KDE 3.5.4 in Slack current.
A search on google found a fix which worked for me.
Go into Control Centre -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts.
Uncheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Recheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Logout of KDE and back in again or just restart Firefox.
Thank you Dave,

that was the solution.

@Loki: Thanks for your help, too. No I haven't got an LCD.
I am sitting in front of a 19 inch CRT.
Loki Harfagr
2006-08-16 21:02:13 UTC
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Post by r***@yahoo.de
Post by Dave
I had the same problem after the recent upgrade to KDE 3.5.4 in Slack current.
A search on google found a fix which worked for me.
Go into Control Centre -> Appearance & Themes -> Fonts.
Uncheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Recheck Use Antialiasing For Fonts and click apply.
Logout of KDE and back in again or just restart Firefox.
Thank you Dave,
that was the solution.
@Loki: Thanks for your help, too. No I haven't got an LCD.
I am sitting in front of a 19 inch CRT.
OK, then you just needed to have this file :

~/.fonts.conf

holding the only "antialis" part of this kind of a content
(I quote the whole file in case some LCD users may pass by ;-) :
------
<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>none</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>hintmedium</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
------

Which is probably(?) akin to what the said "Control Centre" (KDE ?)
is setting ?

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