On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 08:36:48PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:00:44AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Running Xft based applications (e.g. Gnome 2 with Xft and KDE 2.2 or > > later with AA fonts turned on), may perform better > > Any way to get this benefit without actually enabling anti-aliasing? > While I'm generally pleased with my forwarded X11 displays, some apps > are still murder. I'd dig trying this, but I don't particularly like > the look of AA fonts. >
Xft vs. core X fonts is not about AA fonts. You can configure Xft to never AA anything in fonts.conf. fontconfig/Xft are a full replacement font system, not just a hack to get AA. If you install Red Hat Linux 8 or the GNOME 2.1.x betas for example there's a config option in Preferences->Fonts to disable AA, but this does not mean changing the font backend, fontconfig/Xft2 are still used in the no-AA case. Xft1 sort of encouraged the misconception because it could not load PCF bitmap fonts, but fontconfig/Xft2 can. The ability to use all font formats including the classic bitmap fonts, and the ability to work without RENDER, are the reasons Xft2 can be used in all cases and apps don't need a core X font fallback or option. Havoc _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert