On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:27 -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:11:55PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > > To my chagrin, web pages are actually easier to read indirectly from > > my wife's Windows machine (when I connect to it by VNC from my Debian > > box) than directly on my Debian box. Her Firefox uses Times New Roman, > > which I believe is a true type font. On my Firefox I've tried Serif, > > Free Serif (slightly better), etc., but still no contest. > > Thanks to everyone for suggesting I install msttcorefonts and ttf-*, > which I successfully did. I'm using Bitstream Vera Sans at the moment > and it is easier to read. > > Still, doing head on comparisons like I described above with the same > nominal fonts, I notice a difference. It's most pronounced with bold and > italic letters. For example, my Arial bold capital 'c' looks jagged, > whereas my wife's looks smooth. I tried xfstt and 'dpkg-reconfigure > x-ttcidfont-conf' with no change. The latter gives you a choice between > backends freetype and xtt -- I tried both. > > I have png screenshots of 8k and 16k but didn't know if it would be useful > and permissible to attach them.
Now you need install fontconfig and turn on Native hinting.
apt-get install fontconfig fontconfig-config
When asked question answer this way:
Select: Native
Select: Automatic
Select: yes
And things should clean up nicely.
Also, if fontconfig is already installed,
dpkg-reconfigure -plow fontconfig-config
And answer the question the same way.
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