On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:00:44AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Running Xft based applications (e.g. Gnome 2 with Xft and KDE 2.2 or
> later with AA fonts turned on), may perform better

Any way to get this benefit without actually enabling anti-aliasing?
While I'm generally pleased with my forwarded X11 displays, some apps
are still murder.  I'd dig trying this, but I don't particularly like
the look of AA fonts.

> Mozilla/Netscape is a prime offender, enumerating just about all fonts
> and retrieving metrics for them all; again, if you get the most recent
> Mozilla beta test built with Xft support, this should be avoided.

Ahhhh, yes, Mozilla has been one of the above mentioned
murder-on-the-link apps.  Thanks for the explanation Jim!

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