-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nobody seems to care about this, or everybody seems to think I'm babbling, but I really would like at least a response ( go a ahead, critisize me) or should I rebuild X with this myself?
Danny On Sunday 10 February 2002 23:01, Danny Tholen wrote: > I think a serious look at XftConfig is needed. For one thing, it is not > working now because dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/" > should be changed into: > dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf" > > also, I wrote the following in my HOWTO and from the feedback I receive I > really think it should be the default behaviour. If anybody disagrees > please explain! > > match > any size > 8 > any size < 15 > all weight < bold > all slant == roman > edit > antialias = false; > > (it disables AA for sizes between 8 and 15 exepting bold and italics) > > also, add these: > > match > any family == "symbol" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > match > any family == "Standard Symbols L" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > match > any family == "dingbats" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > > match > any family == "Cursor" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > match > any family == "StarBats" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > match > any family == "StarMath" > edit > antialias = false; > encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific"; > > > the antialias=false is not strictly neccesary, but the encoding change > makes symbol fonts work (who is this Laurent Culioli who did it for > webdings/windings??...he stole my work-around :-P) > > Ofcourse, Xft uses freetype2 and the ttf bytecode interpreter is disabled > here because of some patents (which is kinda strange because I think it is > enabled in freetype1). Actually, using freetype2 now with or without AA > looks shitty. If freetype1 already violates the patent I think we can just > enabled the stuff in freetype2? > > Please comment? It leads to _much_ better looking ttf fonts. > > If it cannot be included, a fixed freetype2 (perferrably 2.0.8, instead of > 2.0.6 which is now in the beta) can be put on PLF? > > Danny - -- "`In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Aplha Centauri.'" - - The Book getting all nostalgic. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8aWPaaeiN+EU2vEIRAt6CAJ45BIdq4pw3MVjGzz6+/AWD9PUNoACeImt/ HkqpwubIrxcoUoUHjp3BRDU= =bOpj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
