On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Paul Rightley wrote: > I have been using gimp to produce some overheads lately (in the > hope that I can finally rid myself of the necessity of booting > into and Windows product). However, when I create large text > (like 50 pixels high), it looks pretty pixelated - even if the > image itself has a much higher resolution. Is there a way to > make smoother text? Since gimp seems to use the X fonts, maybe > I just need a scalable (?) font in X? I know nothing about adding > fonts to X (that are not conveniently provided by a debian > package). > > Thanks for any assistance (even if it is just the fm to r), > > Paul > > P.S. Thanks for the outstanding debian distribution, and the > support found on this list.
I don't know where GIMP gets it fonts, but if it gets them from the X server I think I have a solution for you. Take a look at the xfstt package. This is a font server for X that handles TTF fonts. With it, you can have all your favorite Windows fonts on your X display. Try it and see if it works for you. Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]