Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 06 April 2003 05:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings wrote: There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) Derek. The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find them anywhere. http://www.hardgrok.org/main/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3 A good guide - thanks for the link. the rest of the site looks interesting, too. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
Sorry, wrong written: cabextract-0.6-2mdk.i586.rpm and msttcorefonts-bootstrap-0.1-3mdk.noarch.rpm El Domingo, 6 de Abril de 2003 20:59, robin.bcc escribió: > Francisco Alcaraz wrote: > >If you install cableextract and msttcorefonts you will also have more > > fonts and looking better on the screen. > > Cableextract? > > >El Domingo, 6 de Abril de 2003 12:32, Keith Powell escribió: > >>On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > >>>On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 10:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek > Jennings > > wrote: > >There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more > >such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM > >(Disabled by default because of a patent issue) > > Derek. > > The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. > > To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on > how to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't > find them anywhere. > > Many thanks > > Keith > >>> > >>>Just install the freetype2 RPM from Texstar or PLF > >>> > >>>derek > >> > >>Thanks for the information Derek. > >> > >>Keith > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Murcia, España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Sunday 06 April 2003 05:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings > > wrote: > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such > > as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by > > default because of a patent issue) > > Derek. > > The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. > > To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how > to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find them > anywhere. > http://www.hardgrok.org/main/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3 -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
Francisco Alcaraz wrote: If you install cableextract and msttcorefonts you will also have more fonts and looking better on the screen. Cableextract? El Domingo, 6 de Abril de 2003 12:32, Keith Powell escribió: On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 10:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings wrote: There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) Derek. The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find them anywhere. Many thanks Keith Just install the freetype2 RPM from Texstar or PLF derek Thanks for the information Derek. Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
If you install cableextract and msttcorefonts you will also have more fonts and looking better on the screen. El Domingo, 6 de Abril de 2003 12:32, Keith Powell escribió: > On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 10:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek > > > Jennings > > > > > > wrote: > > > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more > > > > such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM > > > > (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) > > > > > > Derek. > > > > > > The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. > > > > > > To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on > > > how to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't > > > find them anywhere. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Keith > > > > Just install the freetype2 RPM from Texstar or PLF > > > > derek > > Thanks for the information Derek. > > Keith -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Murcia, España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 10:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings > > > > wrote: > > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more > > > such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM > > > (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) > > > > Derek. > > > > The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. > > > > To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how > > to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find > > them anywhere. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Keith > > Just install the freetype2 RPM from Texstar or PLF > > derek Thanks for the information Derek. Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 10:31 am, Keith Powell wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings > > wrote: > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such > > as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by > > default because of a patent issue) > > Derek. > > The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. > > To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how > to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find them > anywhere. > > Many thanks > > Keith Just install the freetype2 RPM from Texstar or PLF derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, in reply to a question, Derek Jennings wrote: > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as > enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default > because of a patent issue) Derek. The fonts in 9.1 look really excellent, and greatly improved from 9.0. To improve the fonts even further, are there instructions anywhere on how to enable the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM? I can't find them anywhere. Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
Todd Slater wrote: On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:28:24 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:28 pm, Todd Slater wrote: I was checking out some stuff from texstar and came across some screenshots of Mandrake with XFT2 and just about fell off my chair. Is this the font treatment in 9.1, or is there something special that has to be done for XFT2? (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/scree nshots /Mandrake-XFT2/) On another subject, if you're using a recent Mozilla, how do you like the automatic image resizing? I haven't made up my mind yet. Todd Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) derek Very nice. I considered moving to RH8 after seeing its font treatment in a screenshot, but I didn't want to trouble with learning another system and I like the MDK community. Todd Todd, you would have been sorely disappointed since there aren't any admin tools in RH8.x. That is one immasculated OS. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 03:50, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Thursday 06 March 2003 10:44 am, Todd Slater wrote: > > > > > Very nice. I considered moving to RH8 after seeing its font treatment in a > > screenshot, but I didn't want to trouble with learning another system and > > I like the MDK community. > > > Good, because RedHat proved that beauty is only skin deep. Despite all the > raving of the quality and professionalism of the distro, it all pretty much > sucked under the hood. I believe there have been like 5 kernel upgrades > already. The RH 8.0 release came in answer to the MDK 9.0 release - it was more an exercise in "prettying up the GUI's and melting the WM's into one desktop environment" - only way I can think about putting it. Under the hood, it sucked/sucks - kernel versions are still below 2.4.20 - still unsure what kernel the next release, RH 8.1 is going to be - but overall, in having to deal with RH quite a bit, 8.0 sucked. I won't put it on my production boxes preferring to stick with 7.3 and (yeah, believe it or not) MDK on the workstations. -- Fri, 7 Mar 2003 06:05:00 +1100 6:05am up 7:30, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.24, 0.32 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 7.3 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Professor: "Good news. There's a report on TV with some very bad news." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Thursday 06 March 2003 10:44 am, Todd Slater wrote: > > Very nice. I considered moving to RH8 after seeing its font treatment in a > screenshot, but I didn't want to trouble with learning another system and > I like the MDK community. > Good, because RedHat proved that beauty is only skin deep. Despite all the raving of the quality and professionalism of the distro, it all pretty much sucked under the hood. I believe there have been like 5 kernel upgrades already. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Thursday 06 March 2003 11:01 am, Paul wrote: > >> Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? > > It looks very nice indeed. Is this because of improvements in XFree, or is > this KDE specific? (Since I do not run KDE...) > The Xft2 and fontconfig have been added to XFree86 4.3, so it should help system-wide. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
>> Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? It looks very nice indeed. Is this because of improvements in XFree, or is this KDE specific? (Since I do not run KDE...) Paul -- Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things. -Ben Johnson http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:28:24 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:28 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > I was checking out some stuff from texstar and came across some > > screenshots of Mandrake with XFT2 and just about fell off my chair. Is > > this the font treatment in 9.1, or is there something special that has > > to be done for XFT2? > > > > (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/scree > > nshots > >/Mandrake-XFT2/) > > > > On another subject, if you're using a recent Mozilla, how do you like > > the automatic image resizing? I haven't made up my mind yet. > > > > Todd > > > Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such > as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by > default because of a patent issue) > > derek Very nice. I considered moving to RH8 after seeing its font treatment in a screenshot, but I didn't want to trouble with learning another system and I like the MDK community. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 10:28 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:28 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > I was checking out some stuff from texstar and came across some > > screenshots of Mandrake with XFT2 and just about fell off my chair. Is > > this the font treatment in 9.1, or is there something special that has > > to be done for XFT2? > > > > (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/screensho > >ts /Mandrake-XFT2/) > > > > On another subject, if you're using a recent Mozilla, how do you like > > the automatic image resizing? I haven't made up my mind yet. > > > > Todd > > Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? > > There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as > enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default > because of a patent issue) > > derek I have Xft on 9.0, changed most of my default fonts to Arial and it looks just like those screenshots. Honestly I didn't think much about it, I needed antialiasing in Konq and Mozilla and that did it for me. The rest is just gravy. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts in 9.1
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:28 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > I was checking out some stuff from texstar and came across some > screenshots of Mandrake with XFT2 and just about fell off my chair. Is > this the font treatment in 9.1, or is there something special that has > to be done for XFT2? > > (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/screenshots >/Mandrake-XFT2/) > > On another subject, if you're using a recent Mozilla, how do you like > the automatic image resizing? I haven't made up my mind yet. > > Todd Yep. 9.1 looks much like that :-) Nice isn't it? There will still be some tweaking possible to improve it still more such as enabling the bytecode interpreter in the freetype2 RPM (Disabled by default because of a patent issue) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fonts in 9.1
I was checking out some stuff from texstar and came across some screenshots of Mandrake with XFT2 and just about fell off my chair. Is this the font treatment in 9.1, or is there something special that has to be done for XFT2? (http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/screenshots/Mandrake-XFT2/) On another subject, if you're using a recent Mozilla, how do you like the automatic image resizing? I haven't made up my mind yet. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
