Now it's much better (was Re: [ltp] xorg / R51 fonts display blurry?)

Oleg L. Sverdlov linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:12:09 +0200


Thanks again. I run it in 96 dpi, looks nice.


Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:

>On So, 2004-12-12 at 18:41 +0200, Oleg L. Sverdlov wrote:
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>>Thank you Andr=E9 , "Subpixel" + RGB looks much better. Are there any=20
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>Well, one thing maybe... check if you have the Bitstream Vera fonts
>installed. If not, you can get them from here:
>http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ .
>They look better than others especially at lower sizes.
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>Also you might try fiddling with the Display Size option of your Monitor=

>section in xorg.conf as well as with the dpi settings in
>gnome-font-properties. They adjust the size in which the fonts get
>rendered.
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>For comparison i'm attaching a screenshot of this mails window.
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>Andr=E9.
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>>Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:
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>>>>Under Gnome, fonts look blurry and cause me headache. In XP it's much=
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>>>>configuration applet.
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>>>Set it to "Subpixel" instead of "Contrast".
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>>>Andr=E9.
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