Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread Randy Kramer
I'd like to try to answer your first two questions, I can't readily answer the third. Marc Audard wrote: What is the purpose of it? To make fonts more easily readable. Is there a gentle soul to explain what the fonts antialiasing is? 1. When a character is displayed on a monitor, it is

Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread James Bond
I'm no computer expert, but I do know what antialiasing means and I can try to extrapolate its meaning to fonts. Antialiasing is when a computer blurs a line to make it smooth. Whenever a computer makes a line at an angle, it is never smooth. You may notice this if you make a slanted line in

Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread Marc Audard
Hi, Thanks. Is it also possible to enable antialiasing in Gnome Control Center? Marc

Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread Dave DeGear
I've gone in to the KDE Control Center under Fonts and can't find an option for antialias. Where exactly would I find this? By the way, is there a way to set up the Samba from a Menu? I haven't been able to find it under the Control Center. Thanks. ...Dave Quoting

Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread s
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 09:48 am, you wrote: How can we see if this option works or not? I don't have a definitive answer for this -- partly is, do they look good, but that's not the entire answer because fonts can look bad for other reasons. Hope this helps, or provokes clarifying

Re: [newbie] font antialiasing

2001-05-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Dave DeGear wrote: I've gone in to the KDE Control Center under Fonts and can't find an option for antialias. Where exactly would I find this? By the way, is there a way to set up the Samba from a Menu? I haven't been able to find it under the Control Center. Thanks.