[ltp] making non-antialiased fonts looks nice.

noc ops linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:45:04 -0800


Eric Covener wrote:
> On 3/4/06, noc ops <aptgetd@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I even tried changing my ~/fonts.conf settings and my fonts appears to
>>faint (not dark) and getting jaggedness to them.
>>
>>
>>Looking for any sort of feedback or maybe share config files if yours
>>worked for your thinkpad t43.
> 
> 
> What fonts have you configured your applications to use?
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standard windows fonts such as arial, comic, courier, tohoma, times new
roman, verdana.

> 
> What does fc-match -v Sans output say?  How about fc-match -v
> "whateveryou'vechose-fontsize"?

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vrode@skywalker:~$ fc-match -v Sans
Fontconfig error: "~/.fonts.conf", line 1: syntax error
Pattern 25 of 32
        fontformat: "TrueType"(s)
        charset: set(s)
        fontversion: 131072(i)(s)
        hintstyle: 3(i)(s)
        family: "Bitstream Vera Sans"(s)
        lang:
aa|ast|ay|bi|br|ch|co|da|de|en|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fo|fr|fur|fy|gd|gl|gv|ho|ia|id|ie|io|is|it|lb|mg|nb|nds|nl|nn|no|oc|om|pt|rm|sma|smj|so|sq|sv|sw|tn|tr|ts|vo|vot|wa|xh|yap|zu(s)
        file: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf"(s)
        dpi: 75(f)(s)
        globaladvance: FcTrue(s)
        scale: 1(f)(s)
        size: 12(f)(s)
        familylang: "en"(s)
        style: "Roman"(s)
        slant: 0(i)(s)
        weight: 80(i)(s)
        width: 100(i)(s)
        pixelsize: 12.5(f)(s)
        foundry: "bitstream"(s)
        index: 0(i)(s)
        stylelang: "en"(s)
        outline: FcTrue(s)
        scalable: FcTrue(s)
        hinting: FcTrue(s)
        verticallayout: FcFalse(s)
        autohint: FcFalse(s)



vrode@skywalker:~$ fc-match -v Sans 10 (below output looks the same)
Fontconfig error: "~/.fonts.conf", line 1: syntax error
Pattern 25 of 32
        fontformat: "TrueType"(s)
        charset: set(s)
        fontversion: 131072(i)(s)
        hintstyle: 3(i)(s)
        family: "Bitstream Vera Sans"(s)
        lang:
aa|ast|ay|bi|br|ch|co|da|de|en|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fo|fr|fur|fy|gd|gl|gv|ho|ia|id|ie|io|is|it|lb|mg|nb|nds|nl|nn|no|oc|om|pt|rm|sma|smj|so|sq|sv|sw|tn|tr|ts|vo|vot|wa|xh|yap|zu(s)
        file: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf"(s)
        dpi: 75(f)(s)
        globaladvance: FcTrue(s)
        scale: 1(f)(s)
        size: 12(f)(s)
        familylang: "en"(s)
        style: "Roman"(s)
        slant: 0(i)(s)
        weight: 80(i)(s)
        width: 100(i)(s)
        pixelsize: 12.5(f)(s)
        foundry: "bitstream"(s)
        index: 0(i)(s)
        stylelang: "en"(s)
        outline: FcTrue(s)
        scalable: FcTrue(s)
        hinting: FcTrue(s)
        verticallayout: FcFalse(s)
        autohint: FcFalse(s)


regards,
/virendra

> 
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> Eric Covener
> covener@gmail.com