Dear Anssi,
Thanks for your suggestion. What you say will probably help - but it
isn't really the solution for me. Also, it's only the latest packages
that fail this way - everything was great in 2006. So I think there's a bug.
I wrote up what I did here (with some pictures) - it may be of use:
http://www.richardneill.org/a22p-mdk11-0.php#fonts
Summary:
* Bitmap fonts = clearest (but they don't scale)
* Non-hinted fonts [most of the Linux ones] scale poorly; they can be
improved a bit by antialiasing, but at a cost of blurriness.
* Hinted fonts [eg MS Tahoma] require the bytecode interpreter. This
distorts the outlines. Do not antialias these.
Other permutations (MS corefonts with antialiasing; Fonts designed to be
hinted, with the non PLF libfreetype; Non-hinted TTFs without a-a) look
very much worse.
Best wishes,
Richard
>> Anyway, installing the PLF's libfreetype6 makes the fonts look horrible.
>> At a guess, it seems not to be using the bytecode interpreter - the
>> result is very very ugly.
>>
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>> 1)Installed the latest RC, the Live CD of 2007, Sunna.
>> 2)Downloaded the cooker package of libfreetype6 from the PLF.
>> 3)Removed the mdk rpm (rpm -e --nodeps), and installed the plf version.
>> 4)Installed the microsoft corefonts, switched KDE over to using them,
>> switched Antialiasing OFF in KDE (except for >14pt).
>> 5)Restarted the dm service (no luck - gruesome fonts); rebooted to be
>> sure (still horrid!)
>>
>> I've been doing this for about 3 years on various installs, so I don't
>> think I've made an error here. However, if anyone can correct me, I'd be
>> delighted.
>
> I had a similar problem, but I'm not using Sunna. I resolved that by
> *uninstalling* my ms corefonts and setting KDE font settings as follows:
> Fixed with: Courier New 10
> All others: Sans Serif 10
> Antialiasing for all font sizes
>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> P.S. I'm not on this list, so please CC me if you need a reply.
>>
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Dear Anssi,
Thanks for your suggestion. What you say will probably help - but it
isn't really the solution for me. Also, it's only the latest packages
that fail this way - everything was great in 2006. So I think there's a
bug.
I wrote up what I did here (with some pictures) - it may be of use:
http://www.richardneill.org/a22p-mdk11-0.php#fonts
Summary:
* Bitmap fonts = clearest (but they don't scale)
* Non-hinted fonts [most of the Linux ones] scale poorly; they can be
improved a bit by antialiasing, but at a cost of blurriness.
* Hinted fonts [eg MS Tahoma] require the bytecode interpreter. This
distorts the outlines. Do not antialias these.
Other permutations (MS corefonts with antialiasing; Fonts designed to be
hinted, with the non PLF libfreetype; Non-hinted TTFs without a-a) look
very much worse.
Best wishes,
Richard
Anyway, installing the PLF's libfreetype6 makes the fonts look horrible.
At a guess, it seems not to be using the bytecode interpreter - the
result is very very ugly.
Here's what I did:
1)Installed the latest RC, the Live CD of 2007, Sunna.
2)Downloaded the cooker package of libfreetype6 from the PLF.
3)Removed the mdk rpm (rpm -e --nodeps), and installed the plf version.
4)Installed the microsoft corefonts, switched KDE over to using them,
switched Antialiasing OFF in KDE (except for >14pt).
5)Restarted the dm service (no luck - gruesome fonts); rebooted to be
sure (still horrid!)
I've been doing this for about 3 years on various installs, so I don't
think I've made an error here. However, if anyone can correct me, I'd be
delighted.
I had a similar problem, but I'm not using Sunna. I resolved that by
*uninstalling* my ms corefonts and setting KDE font settings as follows:
Fixed with: Courier New 10
All others: Sans Serif 10
Antialiasing for all font sizes
Best wishes,
Richard
P.S. I'm not on this list, so please CC me if you need a reply.
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