This will improve the fonts system wide. I'm using Mandrake and the
improvement in Mozilla and OO.org was dramatic.
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>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.
>
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>>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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Strategy:- The art of war. The management of Nations or Army's in war.
