Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:34:35 +0100 > From: lf...@cruziero.com (akhiezer) > > > From: rhubarbpie...@gmail.com > > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 06:41:24 -0500 > [...] > > > > This problem returned in BLFS 8.0 but with a twist as neither method I > > used in 7.10 works. But deleting/renaming > >

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

> From: rhubarbpie...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 06:41:24 -0500 [...] > > This problem returned in BLFS 8.0 but with a twist as neither method I > used in 7.10 works. But deleting/renaming > /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf plus adding the following to > /etc/profile works: > >

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:39:26 -0500 rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > However, the gist of the post was correct. Yep, for the record in case someone ever runs into this, at least on your system, freetype will yield a lighter font iff: (1) hintfull is being used *and* (2) version 35 of the freetype

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

I have a correction to my 04/07/17 post. /etc/fonts/local.conf with hintstyle set to hintfull can exist. In fact, on my box it must exist for crisper fonts if /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf is present. However, the gist of the post was correct. On my box, with or without

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

This problem returned in BLFS 8.0 but with a twist as neither method I used in 7.10 works. But deleting/renaming /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf plus adding the following to /etc/profile works: export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35 cff:no-stem-darkening=1

[blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9

I found simply deleting or renaming /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf restores the less bold fonts I had in BLFS 7.9. I believe another solution is to use the following code in /etc/fonts/local.conf: true hintfull false This is not a BLFS

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

True, a quick diff didn't highlight that. My 7.10 desktop is powered off at the moment, and those symlinks actually point to /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail in my case - I looked at my first-stage backups, in /staging on my server, but of course the links are broken when I do that. A (very)

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 04:01:15PM -0400, Michael Shell wrote: > On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:41:18 +0100 > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > I've just had the opportunity to compare /etc/fonts/fonts.conf in > > 7.9 and 7.10. Yes, they do differ in size by about 3.5K. The > > reason

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:41:18 +0100 Ken Moffat wrote: > I've just had the opportunity to compare /etc/fonts/fonts.conf in > 7.9 and 7.10. Yes, they do differ in size by about 3.5K. The > reason is that the table of valid blank characters almost at the end > of the file

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On 09/23/2016 07:41 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:26:02PM -0500, rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: I thought fontconfig creates /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and the files differ between 7.9 and 7.10. In fact they differ significantly in size. It seems compiling fontconfig is pretty

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:26:02 -0500 rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > I don't understand how to get the freetype version, I see only > freetype-config as the installed freetype program. That one can reveal it with the proper chant: freetype-config --ftversion > fontconfig-2.11.1

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On 09/21/2016 09:09 PM, Michael Shell wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:30:57 -0500 rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: antialias - Changing the antialias setting from 'true' to 'false' helped significantly. The fonts are just a touch 'blotchy' but the bold problem is eliminated. However, if I

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:30:57 -0500 rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > antialias - Changing the antialias setting from 'true' to 'false' helped > significantly. The fonts are just a touch 'blotchy' but the bold > problem is eliminated. However, if I change /etc/fonts/local.conf to > include

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 04:30:57PM -0500, rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > > > For the lcdfilter, try lcdlight or lcdnone in place of lcddefault and see > > what happens. > > > > Please do let us know if you learn anything in this regard because > > in the future others will probably run into

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

For the lcdfilter, try lcdlight or lcdnone in place of lcddefault and see what happens. Please do let us know if you learn anything in this regard because in the future others will probably run into the same problem. Cheers, Mike Shell I admire your dedication to this and your

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 06:56:24 -0500 rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > Perhaps things differ by box, but your file accentuates what I got with > the standard 7.10 fontconfig. It produces fonts bolder than I like. > ... It's good to know I can fight back should the problem worsen with > future

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On 09/19/2016 02:53 PM, Michael Shell wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:29:19 +0100 Ken Moffat wrote: The internet has a plethora of suggestions for tweaking what happens in fontconfig. The quality of on-screen font rendering under Linux has long irked me. It seems that

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:29:19 +0100 Ken Moffat wrote: > The internet has a plethora of suggestions for tweaking what happens > in fontconfig. The quality of on-screen font rendering under Linux has long irked me. It seems that after I finally get things the way I like,

[blfs-support] BLFS 7.10 fonts less clear than in 7.9.

I've run BLFS 7.10 for several days and noticed less clear fonts than with 7.9. I reinstalled from square one without success and don't see my error. As a test, I reinstalled BLFS 7.10, but with BLFS 7.9 dejavu and fontconfig packages (dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.35 and fontconfig-2.11.1) and my