On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 11:25 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2007/01/29 16:30 (GMT+0100) Istvan Gabor apparently typed: > > > I have a problem that might be related to the fontconfig > > system. I have a SUSE 10.1 and a SUSE 10.2 installation on > > the same hardware (on different partitions). I also have > > installed the same version of NVIDIA drivers. I've set the > > display resolution to the same as well (96 DPI). Despite of this > > the Arial font looks different on the two systems. The > > differences between SUSE 10.1 and 10.2 that might be related > > to this are: > > xorg-x11 - different versions > > fontconfig packages - different versions > > 10.1 has fontconfig-2.3.94-18.4, > > 10.2 has fontconfig-2.4.1-19. > > > Please help me how I could trace why the same fonts look > > different and how to mek them look the same. > > > I attach two images that show how the fonts look on 10.1 and > > 10.2. > > You're seeing more than one problem, none of which I believe have > anything to do with fontconfig (but I may be wrong). > > 1-SUSE 10.2 KDE has broken anti-alias configuration. It defaults to > "full", but when set to "full" is actually off/none. Go into your > personal settings and change your anti-alias setting to medium or slight > according to your own preferences. I use medium. > > 2-The difference in font sizes in the screenshots show clearly that 10.1 > and 10.2 are running different DPI. Since I don't use NVidia drivers I > can't say exactly how to fix it, but it may be that UseEDIDdpi is being > used in the latter and not the former or vice versa. > http://www.mozilla.org/unix/dpi.html might be helpful in fine-tuning > your DPI. > > It looks like your 2nd screenshot is the 10.2 one, probably still > running 84 DPI like you wrote in your other thread, while the first is > at the higher DPI of 96 as you set it. 16pt at 84 DPI is 18.67px, while > 16pt at 96 DPI is 21.33px. > http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/font-helvetica.html might be helpful > in doing comparisons. > > My 10.2 fonts are good, as were my 10.1 fonts, and their sizes haven't > changed. I'm using generic Intel & Matrox drivers on various 10.1 & 10.2 > systems. > -- > "
Except for OpenOffice fonts, its been "broken" since 10.1 (9.2,9.3,10.0 looked fine). (This is with anti-aliasing switched off, as it should be on all LCD screens, IMHO) E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
