[ltp] X Fonts at different resolutions having problems

Bob Alexander linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:22:00 +0100


Dear Friends,
my T40 has a nice 1400x1050 screen and the fonts are looking very very 
good under GNOME.

Unfortunately when I have to project something I have to lower the 
resolution to 1024x768 or 1280x1024 depending on the projector's 
capabilities.

Under these resolutions the fonts look blurred on my TP screen.

Any ideas ?

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Happy XMas to all of you and may you all have a great 2005 !

Bob

bob@t40:~$ dpkg -l |grep font
ii  console-data   2002.12.04dbs- Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback 
table
ii  console-tools  0.2.3dbs-55    Linux console and font utilities
ii  defoma         0.11.8-0.1     Debian Font Manager -- automatic font 
config
ii  fontconfig     2.2.3-4        generic font configuration library
ii  gsfonts        8.14+v8.11-0.1 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
ii  gucharmap      1.4.0-1        Unicode character picker and font browser
ii  libconsole     0.2.3dbs-55    Shared libraries for Linux console and 
font
ii  libfontconfig1 2.2.3-4        generic font configuration library 
(shared l
ii  libfreetype6   2.1.7-2.3      FreeType 2 font engine, shared library 
files
ii  libt1-5        5.0.2-3        Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime
ii  libxft1        4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 FreeType-based font drawing library 
for X (v
ii  libxft2        2.1.2-6        FreeType-based font drawing library for X
ii  msttcorefonts  1.1.12         Installer for Microsoft TrueType core 
fonts
ii  ttf-freefont   20031008-1.1   Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype 
fonts
ii  ttf-opensymbol 1.1.3-3        The OpenSymbol TrueType font
ii  x-ttcidfont-co 17             Configure TrueType and CID fonts for X
ii  xfonts-100dpi  4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 100 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-75dpi   4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 75 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-base    4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 standard fonts for X
ii  xfonts-base-tr 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 standard fonts for X (transcoded from 
ISO 10
ii  xfonts-scalabl 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 scalable fonts for X
ii  xfs            4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X font server

Section "Files"
         FontPath        "unix/:7100"                    # local font server
         # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
         Load    "GLcore"
         Load    "bitmap"
         Load    "dbe"
         Load    "ddc"
         Load    "dri"
         Load    "extmod"
         Load    "freetype"
         Load    "glx"
         Load    "int10"
         Load    "record"
         Load    "speedo"
         Load    "type1"
         Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon 
Mobility 9000 M9]"
         Driver          "ati"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
         HorizSync       30-65
         VertRefresh     50-75
         Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier      "Default Screen"
         Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon 
Mobility 9000 M9]"
         Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
         DefaultDepth    24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           24
                 Modes           "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           16
                 Modes           "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier      "Default Layout"
         Screen          "Default Screen"
         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
         InputDevice     "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
         Mode    0666
EndSection