Hi group, I put two and two together and figured this out recently. In Linux it's possible to pick and choose which fonts you want antialiased (smoothed) and which ones you don't. (Why would you want to do that? If you have Microsoft's Core Fonts for the Web, then you'll see that those fonts -- e.g. Tahoma, Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New -- look better without antialiasing.)
To do this, edit /etc/fonts/local.conf and add the following lines: <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Tahoma</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Times New Roman</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Arial</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Garamond</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Courier New</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="family"><string>Arial Black</string></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> Then restart the X server. Do this and set Tahoma as your desktop's default font, Times New Roman and Courier as your Web browsing fonts, etc. etc. and enjoy, while the fonts that look horrible when they're not smoothed -- like Bitstream Vera Sans, Nimbus Roman etc. -- continue to be antialiased and look fine. Cheers, -- Yawar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/hYOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
