On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 16:42, OS wrote: > I am using a 14" TFT 1024x768 LCD screen and I am trying out AA fonts for the > first time on a Mandrake system. I have used them on RH 7.2 at work with a > 17" CRT display and the result using Open Office makes even the most hard > line Windows user go "Wow !". At home on Mandrake I am trying them with KDE > 2.2.2 (we don't use this at work). The results look like someone has been > writing with an ink pen on slightly absorbant paper ! What could be wrong ? > Doesn't Linux AA work on LCD displays ?
As someone else has pointed out, you need RGB subpixel decimation (what M$ calls ClearType). I have this in /etc/X11/XftConfig: match edit rgba = rgb; If that doesn't look good, try playing with the order of the color components. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
