On Sunday, May 2, 2004 9:49 am, Bruce Park wrote: > Antiphon wrote: > > Bruce Park wrote: > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> I've been trying to solve this problem ever since I did an upgrade on > >> my system. Currently, I'm running KDE 3.2 in Sarge and ever since I > >> did the upgrade, I've been having this weird font problem with the > >> "login manager." You can view the screen shot at > >> http://www.dolda2000.com/~bpark/snapshot5.png. > >> > >> I also was checking out /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers and noticed that the > >> > >> first line (that's not commented) looks like this: > >> :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt7 > >> > >> as where the old file looked like: > >> :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp vt7 > >> > >> I actually like the new file better since fonts are bigger but I have > >> a strong suspicion that this is causing the weird font error. I'm open > >> to any suggestions on how to fix this problem. As I really don't know > >> that > > > > KDM by default is set to run X at 100dpi. Your fonts are ugly like that > > because you have a nonscalable font. Change to a TrueType or Postscript > > font for your system font and things will be fine. > > Antiphon, > > Thanks for responding. Where can I change the system font? I know I have > TrueType fonts on my system but I'm not aware of where to find the settings > for these things. > > bp
To change your user fonts, log in and then go to the Control Centre | Appearance & Themes | Fonts. Just make sure to choose a TrueType font for the general font setting and that should solve things.
