Zack Gilburd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thursday 12 June 2003 16:54, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I just the hard masked evolution 1.4.0 package after upgrading gtk+ and
>> re-emerging my gtk-theme-engines.  Now, although it emerged perfectly I
>> have to say that after the wait for development on this new version I'm
>> thoroughly disappointed by it.  Here is some reasons.
>>
>> (1) The user interface text/font is blurry.
>
> This is called anti-aliasing. This is not a bug, this is a feature.  I 
> believe, if you do not like it, you may be the first person in the history of 
> man to not like anti-aliased fonts. :)

Call it what you like, they look blurry though... like someone
penciled the GUI text with a 4B and then smudged it over with a
sweaty thumb ;)

,----[ /etc/X11/Sessions/Gnome ]
| #!/bin/sh
| 
| # Great new Gnome2 feature, AA
| # We enable this by default
| 
| export GDK_USE_XFT=1
| 
| ...
`----

Set that to 0 and you'll get your crisp/clean fonts back.

-- 
Matthew Kennedy
Gentoo Linux Developer
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