Hillel Lubman wrote:
> Is there a way to granularly configure font rendering for specific
> fonts? The best font look for GUI elements I got when I set up *subpixel
> smoothing* and *full hinting* in font rendering details. However full
> hinting causes monospace font to look too wide and awkward. Is there a
> way to set hinting to 'none' or 'slight' but only for specific font
> (Monospace in this case), while leaving other settings for other fonts
> on full hinting?
Yes, there is, but it's kind of tedious.
What we really need is a GUI driven fontconfig configuration tool.
For example, you could create a file:
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/20-indic.conf
and then do
%> cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
%> ln -sf ../conf.avail/20-indic.conf
%> /usr/bin/fc-cache --really-force --verbose
(best to do this while your desktop is not running :-)
and the file 20-indic.conf could look like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Some Indic fonts look much better without hinting -->
<match target="font">
<test name="family">
<string>Lohit Gujarati</string>
</test>
<edit name="hinting">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
<test name="family">
<string>Lohit Tamil</string>
</test>
<edit name="hinting">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
Or, for additional hinting configuration elements you can look in:
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf or
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
--Stefan
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Stefan Teleman
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
stefan.teleman at Sun.COM
