Freetype's byte-code hinter may not be turned on on your system,
depending on what distribution you run. Without it enabled, your font
rendering will look significantly worse than on Windows: with them, it
should be entirely comparable.
Also note that the XftConfig file as shipped by some vendors is badly broken,
so you may not get the behavior you'd like either due to that.
- Jim
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> Can anyone shed any light on why KDE looks so bad compared to Windows? The KDE
> fonts are really rough and difficult to read, particularly when they are
> small. I don't know that it is just just the lack of True Type fonts
> (although this is probably a contributing factor) as I have installed a whole
> bunch of Windows TTFs and it has made little difference.
>
> I have tried using True Type fonts and have checked the
> "Anti-Aliasing for Fonts" box in the KDE Control Centre, but they are still
> quite fuzzy compared to those in Windows.
>
> I am trying to get Red Hat 7.3 installed at my work to replace our network of
> aging Win95 PCs, but I just _know_ that as soon as the staff see the terrible
> fonts that they will reject it out of hand.
>
> I am evaluating Galeon, OpenOffice 1.0 and Evolution as that is all most of
> our office will need, but the appearance compared to IE, MS Office and
> Outlook is terrible.
>
> Can anyone offer any information/advice/website that will help me to get them
> a Windows-quality display?
>
> Regards,
> Brad
> Brisbane, Australia
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