I'm with you...begging on my knees :) Please PLF guys...
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Matja Ka e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thank you, Anshul, I'll try that. > > But I still expect that the PLF guys will create the packages that will be > native MDV rpm packages. Will you? Please! Pretty please? Begging on my > knees............... > > > > Hi Matja, > > I've found out a way to make it work...using the freetype2, libpixman, > > cairo > > and libXft packages from Fedora. Those render fonts beautifully for all > > GTK > > and Qt apps. > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Matja Ka e > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > >> > Hi, > >> > I have some RPMs downloaded from a link off the Fedora Forums (I've > >> posted > >> > this on PLF before too- Subpixel Hinting using cairo patches) and > >> those > >> > RPMs > >> > in addition to the libfreetype6 subpixel enabled RPM provide perfect > >> > subpixel hinting for KDE and GNOME on 2008.1 and 2009. > >> > > >> > I might be able to divvy up the spec files...can a packager help me > >> with > >> > putting these on PLF? > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > Anshul > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > PLF-discuss mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss > >> > >> It would be really nice if finally PLF included libcairo, libxft and > >> libfreetype with subpixel rendering enabled. The current libfreetype6 > >> from > >> plf has BCI enabled, which only makes the fonts look even worse. BCI was > >> useful before subpixel rendering was possible as it helped look MS core > >> fonts look the same as in Windows. But today - who on earth would want > >> that any more? Thanks to David Turner from FreeType project the subpixel > >> rendering works in Linux, but he stopped the project as he doesn't want > >> to > >> violate patents. And that is why God created PLF, isn't it? > >> As I have already said before - the packages libcairo2. libxft2 and > >> libfreetype6 form PCLinuxOS 2007 repositories make fonts look perfect in > >> 2008.1. In 2009 there is some other story - KDE4 uses its own font > >> rendering and fonts look very very nice without any additional > >> workaround > >> - but I can not figure out how to make fonts in MCC, Firefox and > >> Openoffice look the same. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLF-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLF-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > PLF-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss >
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