Stefan Teleman wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> Hillel Lubman wrote: >>>> After upgrading to OpenSolaris snv_127 I noticed several font >>>> changes (comparing to snv_126), and general feeling - fonts look >>>> worse. What exactly changed between the builds, and is there a way >>>> to return font settings back? For example, Monospace font looks >>>> pretty different after the upgrade. I like the old look more. Sans >>>> font also looks changed and sometimes distorted. >>> >>> Several things changed with fonts. You may be hitting the fontconfig >>> bug reported as: >>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=12676 >>> >>> Try changing the options under "Font" in the Appearance preferences >>> panel. >> >> To add to that, this worked for me: >> >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/2009-October/014371.html >> > > > You should not/do not need to do this workaround as of Nevada 127. This > was a workaround for a broken fontconfig in Nevada 126. > > You *DO* need to configure your font appearance. > > There have been significant changes affecting font rendering introduced > in Nevada 127. It is very likely that you will need to adjust your font > settings.
I found that on a 126 system where I had applied the above fix that everything just worked when going to 127; I didn't have to adjust anything. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
