[ltp] skinny fonts

noc ops linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:48:15 -0800


Harish Narayanan wrote:
> noc ops wrote:
> 
>>Still windows (out of the box) fonts appearance is much better than that
>>of linux. That's the only thing that I like about windows :-)
>>  
> 
> But this is a distribution issue, not a "linux" issue. There are
> distributions[1] that (intelligently select and) render fonts much more
> pleasantly---hinting, crispness, anti-aliasing, "not-skinniness",
>  ...---out of the box than windows.
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agreed.


regards,
/virendra


> 
> Harish
> 
> [1] No names mentioned to avoid the otherwise sure-to-ensue distro war.