[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2009-01-29 Thread sefs
Is this supposed to be fixed in Intrepid 8.10 firefox is especially horrible and the fonts are blinding me at this resolution. what can i do in Intrepid. -- Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121903 You received this bug notification

[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2007-06-24 Thread leoquant
this is not a bug. but an old misconfiguration issue. friedchicken told you how to handle this issue. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: New = Invalid -- Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121903 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2007-06-24 Thread FriedChicken
Will the patch mentioned above be included in Ubuntu in future? In my eyes the hinting is *far better*, especially with small fonts (10 pt an smaller) and even problems with spaces between letters are solved. The patch shouldn't do any harm to people using non-TFT monitors or have hinting

[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2007-06-23 Thread FriedChicken
I would say this is a problem with the hinting settings. Make sure you're using high quality (TTF) fonts, for example Bitstream, DejaVu or Microsoft fonts (msttcorefonts-package). In some cases it's better to choose Autohinter instead of native, you have to experiment a bit if you're not

[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2007-06-23 Thread FriedChicken
EDIT: You have to type about:config in Firefox. Choose good fonts in Firefox, too. -- Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121903 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 121903] Re: Font quality is poor when resolution is set to 1280x1024

2007-06-23 Thread FriedChicken
As I have seen that I have rubbed out some text (probably moved the cursor with the touchpad) I will post the corrected instructions again: - I would say this is a problem with the hinting settings. Make sure you're using high quality (TTF) fonts, for example Bitstream, DejaVu or