ok, thanks for setting the right package.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Foppe Hemminga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I changed Package to gnome-control-center and Status to Confirmed.
> You do have a point here.
>
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> fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608
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> Status in "gnome-control-center" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> i am not sure what the package is, so sorry.
>
> anyway, i go to the appearance preferences in gnome, go to the fonts tab,
> and click on the radio button for subpixel smoothing, and all of the fonts
> are bigger than they were before. i do not like big fonts, and antialiasing
> should not make fonts bigger.
>
> so then when i click the details button, i see that the smoothing is only
> set to "slight" when it should be set to full, like it was before
> [intrepid]. so, i click "full" which makes the fonts normal-size, and makes
> the fonts pretty and smooth, but then after dismissing the window, the
> appearance preferences font tab shows all of the radio boxes selected with a
> dash. i have attached a screenshot. this is weird, as there should only be
> one DOT in the "subpixel smoothing" option.
>
> so anyway, here are the set of problems:
>
> #1: selecting subpixel smoothing makes hinting set to "slight" by default
> (it should be set to "full" by default)
> #2: changing the hinting of fonts will change the size of the fonts too
> (and the fonts should always appear to be the same size no matter what level
> of hinting is used, and no matter if it is subpixel, grayscale, or even
> "none")
> #3: what the hell is the deal with all of the boxes being selected at the
> same time [with a dash]?
>

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