Re: Fonts look bad in X.org

2007-09-15 Thread taipan67
Martin McCourt wrote: > Here's another screenshot: > http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badfontev3.jpg > > Cheers, > MM > The only way i can make my fonts look that bad is by turning off both hinting _AND_ anti-aliasing. The first response to this query mentioned Freetype's native byt

Re: Fonts look bad in X.org

2007-09-15 Thread Martin McCourt
Hi Alexander, On 9/15/07, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are comparing apples and oranges. xterm in your configuration seems > to be using a bitmap font via X core font protocol. This is a valid > configuration, although the book configures it to use a TrueType font > via X

Re: Fonts look bad in X.org

2007-09-15 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 9/15/07, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin McCourt wrote: > > The font in the Xterm seems to look just fine (am I wrong?), but the > > fonts in the browser are just heart-breaking. Wow, those fonts look bad :) > You are comparing apples and oranges. xterm in your config

Re: Fonts look bad in X.org

2007-09-15 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Martin McCourt wrote: > The font in the Xterm seems to look just fine (am I wrong?), but the > fonts in the browser are just heart-breaking. You are comparing apples and oranges. xterm in your configuration seems to be using a bitmap font via X core font protocol. This is a valid configuration,

Re: Fonts look bad in X.org

2007-09-15 Thread Martin McCourt
> -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: blfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:05:51 +0600 > Subject: Re: Fonts look bad in X.org > I did my suggestion without actually looking at your screenshots. The > problem is t