Re: [arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts

2010-04-30 Thread Michishige Kaito
2010/4/29 Xavier Chantry chantry.xav...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Michishige Kaito chris.webs...@gmail.com wrote: Anti-aliasing is turned off for small point sizes and turned on for larger sizes. Denis. I'd be very interested in finding out how this is

Re: [arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts

2010-04-29 Thread Michishige Kaito
2010/4/28 Denis Kobozev d.v.kobo...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Denis Kobozev d.v.kobo...@gmail.com wrote: [..] bitmap fonts, ms-ttf-fonts (which are raster fonts, but include [...] Buh, ms-ttf-fonts are vector or outline fonts, not raster fonts. Denis. Aren't raster and

Re: [arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts

2010-04-29 Thread Denis Kobozev
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Michishige Kaito chris.webs...@gmail.com wrote: Aren't raster and bitmap similar, if not equal, concepts? Yes, they are equal (or similar). There are bitmap (or raster, or pixel, whatever you want to call them) fonts that only work well for specific resolutions.

Re: [arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts

2010-04-29 Thread Xavier Chantry
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Michishige Kaito chris.webs...@gmail.com wrote: Anti-aliasing is turned off for small point sizes and turned on for larger sizes. Denis. I'd be very interested in finding out how this is controlled. Could you point me at a resource on the topic?

Re: [arch-general] Crisp Rendering Fonts

2010-04-28 Thread Ananda Samaddar
On 28/04/2010 14:13, Carlos Mennens wrote: Is there any suggestion on Arch Linux running Gnome 2.6.30 to improve the crisp / clearness of my fonts? I installed the latest available nVidia drivers under 'Appearance' 'Fonts' 'Details', I show the following: * Resolution: 98 dots per square