Miles Bader <[email protected]> writes: > lee <[email protected]> writes: >> Isn't ant-aliasing supposed to make fonts more pretty and easier to read >> instead of messing them up and making them very straining for the eyes? > > It generally does, but like anything, YMMV. > [...] > Sometimes it just depends on the > particular font and circumstance, not any general rule.
Yeah, it looks good in the web browser, for example. In the emacs frames, it just makes the fonts hard to read. > I generally like anti-aliased fonts better, but with the font > anti-aliasing settings tweaked to make them look more contrasty and > crisper than the default settings (I use the gnome font-preferences > widget to change them). Two important things: (1) use "high contrast > / light" mode, which tries to make character stems etc exactly one > pixel wide (even if it means slightly distorting [usually > unnoticeably] the character shape/weight), and (2) if you have an LCD, > turn on sub-pixel rendering, which often allows the font-renderer to > do a better job. Well, I switched back to fvwm-crystal after using KDE for a while, and I have no idea where and how to make anti-aliasing settings. But then, emacs can use gtk fonts, so perhaps the gnome-widget might work. How is it called and how do I start it? It's probably not even installed ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
