On Friday 13 June 2003 19:42, Chris I wrote: > On 2003.06.13 18:56, Zack Gilburd wrote: > > On Friday 13 June 2003 12:02, Terje Kvernes wrote: > > > Matthew Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > [ ... ] > > > > > > > Call it what you like, they look blurry though... like someone > > > > penciled the GUI text with a 4B and then smudged it over with a > > > > sweaty thumb ;) > > > > > > the appearance of anti-aliased fonts depend a lot on resolution, > > > > the > > > > > font in question and the fontsize. it's a good idea to check the > > > font settings with gnome-control-center, see the details button > > > > for > > > > > more details (duh). using an LCD panel and subpixel anti- > > > > aliasing > > > > > stuff in galeon are _crisp_ beyond belief. > > > > > > I do admit I had to work quite a bit to make the menus in Gnome > > > > look > > > > > nice, but that was mostly solved by choosing a good sans serif > > > > font. > > > > <troll> Or by using KDE. </troll> > > > > But on a more serious note, AA fonts shouldn't take *that* much > > tweaking... > > Usually it's just a quick fix or an out-of-the-box love. > > Well normally they dont. Gnome users can just fire up the gnome-font- > properties and change the AA settings. For more detailed rules, one > needs to mess with fontconfig. But since many people use GTK2 apps like > evo, gaim, and xchat without gnome, it can be difficult to help fix. > > As for myself, i never messed with any configs. Using bitstream-vera > fonts and default configs and loving it. > > -Chris I > > Ignore previous fortune.
FYI, you can have your GTK-2/GNOME theme settings follow you anywhere by running `gnome-settings-daemon`. -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com
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