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#1 2010-10-18 16:01:18

Leprkan
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From: Orlando
Registered: 2010-08-06
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Xorg.conf jagged fonts

I am running an nvidia graphics card with twinview to support dual monitors.  I used "nvidia --config" to get my xorg.conf file and then manually created 10-monitor.  If fonts in the xorg sever are rendered jaggedly, is that likely to be a xorg.conf problem, or a fonts.conf problem?

Thanks in advance!

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#2 2010-10-18 16:14:00

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
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Re: Xorg.conf jagged fonts

Are you using antialiasing? Do you mean fonts in the web browser, in the menus, in the terminal?

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#3 2010-10-18 16:27:47

Leprkan
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From: Orlando
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Re: Xorg.conf jagged fonts

On close inspection, it looks like all of the above.

However on very specific font sizes it looks great.  For example inconsolata-g at point 7 looks shiny but at point 8 it gets jagged.  This implies to me that the fonts aren't vectorizing properly, no?

That's an anti-aliasing problem right?

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#4 2010-10-18 16:30:11

anonymous_user
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Re: Xorg.conf jagged fonts

@Leprkan - Try changing the DPI or tweaking the .fonts.conf

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-10-18 16:30:25)

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#5 2010-10-18 16:32:40

Leprkan
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From: Orlando
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Re: Xorg.conf jagged fonts

A related note:  I have anti-aliasing activated in KDE which--to my understand--overrides or overwrites fonts.conf.

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#6 2010-10-18 16:46:36

Leprkan
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Re: Xorg.conf jagged fonts

Well now I feel foolish.  For some reason anti-aliasing was configured to ignore ranges 8-15pt.

Problem solved, methinks.

While I'm on the subject, are there any disadvantages to forcing DPI?

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