Or more likely if you using RD* you will want todo this.
Download and compile the latest version freetype but first make this change.
- open the file "include/freetype/config/ftoption.h"
- locate a line that says:
#undef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
- change it to:
#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
of course, this must be done _before_ compiling the library
use locate to find unix.js. For Mandrake it's under
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/defaults/pref
open it and change it to
pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", false);
pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false)
then install some windows font or the mozilla web fonts and select them in
mozilla should look alot better. This is disabled by default in freetype and
mozilla for some copy right reason.
>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
>On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:50, Matthew Carr wrote:
>> Ok, so how do you get fonts to look even slightly nice in OpenOffice or
>> Mozilla??? I am running RH 8 with KDE. Almost all other proggies render
>> fonts with nice anti-aliasing.. grrrrrrr.
>From http://art.gnome.org/faq.php
> To use AA fonts in GNOME2, the variable GDK_USE_XFT
> needs to be set to '1'. This needs to be set when you
> log in to apply it to all your programs. If you use
> startx then put it in your .xsession. If you use gdm
> then you can put it into your gdm session.
>
>> Have set font paths in XF86config and xfs config, set up font dirs as
>> per instructions (ttmkfdir etc). I haven't created a font.alias file due
>> to the number of fonts I have (is there an app to do this?). Would it
>> make a difference if I did?
>It is easier than that now. Create a directory called
> ~/.fonts
>and put the fonts in there. Fontconfig will pick them up automagically
>and it will just work for anything that uses Fontconfig.
>
>--
>Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/
C Harland
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