About 5 months ago I would have agreed with you completely. Since then, I've downloaded the Microsoft fonts available on their site. When installed, they render identically (except for a few places) as those in Windows without anti-aliasing. Verdana and Times New Roman really make a difference in X.
--Pat Xpert wrote: > Can anyone shed any light on why KDE looks so bad compared to Windows? The KDE > fonts are really rough and difficult to read, particularly when they are > small. I don't know that it is just just the lack of True Type fonts > (although this is probably a contributing factor) as I have installed a whole > bunch of Windows TTFs and it has made little difference. > > I have tried using True Type fonts and have checked the > "Anti-Aliasing for Fonts" box in the KDE Control Centre, but they are still > quite fuzzy compared to those in Windows. > > I am trying to get Red Hat 7.3 installed at my work to replace our network of > aging Win95 PCs, but I just _know_ that as soon as the staff see the terrible > fonts that they will reject it out of hand. > > I am evaluating Galeon, OpenOffice 1.0 and Evolution as that is all most of > our office will need, but the appearance compared to IE, MS Office and > Outlook is terrible. > > Can anyone offer any information/advice/website that will help me to get them > a Windows-quality display? > > Regards, > Brad > Brisbane, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
