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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

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[SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

I usually install Opera after I have KDE installed and running, but this time I decided not to, and I'm paying for it. the SS shows the ugly (look like gtk1) menu's, and choppy text on the AUR page.

edit: I thought I followed the font wiki pretty well... I have ttf, and *-lcd packages installed

Last edited by heleos (2008-06-13 09:50:00)

bender02

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

You can tell opera exactly which fonts to use. Preferences -> Advanced -> Fonts. Go for it.

Rasi

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

or just install the msfonts and bitstream-vera packages... instantly will look better :9

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elgatofelix

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From: Chile

Registered: 2007-07-03

Posts: 137

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

I usually install Opera after I have KDE installed and running, but this time I decided not to, and I'm paying for it. the SS shows the ugly (look like gtk1) menu's, and choppy text on the AUR page.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9936 … mt6.th.png

edit: I thought I followed the font wiki pretty well... I have ttf, and *-lcd packages installed

That opera screen reminds me the first time i installed arch and tried opera (and of course the second time the next night -> nobody learns at the first attempt)

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burk

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From: Norway

Registered: 2007-06-17

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

The ugly style is not gtk 1 but qt, i think you can fix it somehow by installing the polymer package and using a program called qtconfig or something... (found in /opt/ for qt3, and /usr/ for qt4)

Last edited by burk (2008-06-05 15:43:22)

dawn

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Registered: 2008-01-15

Posts: 51

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Menu : install the qt package and change the theme with qtconfig.
Fonts: in opera:config disable the core X fonts.

pyrrhicvictory

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From: Rradhat e UCK-se

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Well, I have managed to change all the fonts except those used by the archlinux homepage. See this : http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08235/2008-06- … rot551.png

I don't think I missed any font entries. If you all know how to fix it, please do not hesitate to post.

Sole

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Registered: 2007-04-09

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

I'm not sure about the fonts, but for the ugly menu if you haven't fixed it yet: you could tell opera what qt theme you want it to use by using the -style option, in my case, I run opera by using opera -style plastique, and opera will be using the plastique qt theme.

Last edited by Sole (2008-06-06 20:56:12)

pyrrhicvictory

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From: Rradhat e UCK-se

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Sole, dude that looks amazing. How many other styles are there?

Sole

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Registered: 2007-04-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

There were 5 that came with qt I think, you can see what styles are there using qtconfig, and could change their settings there too.

pyrrhicvictory

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From: Rradhat e UCK-se

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

ah, I should be more specific... I am running the latest weekly-build, and when I ran opera with the options you gave, I got this spiffy new skin... It's really quite nice.

MartinZ

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From: Chiloé, Chile

Registered: 2005-06-10

Posts: 364

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Well, I have managed to change all the fonts except those used by the archlinux homepage. See this : http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08235/2008-06- … rot551.png

I don't think I missed any font entries. If you all know how to fix it, please do not hesitate to post.

Same here.

And about the -style option, it didn't do anything here... maybe I was already using plastique style.

Is there any way to change the menu appearance? I didn't find any option in opera nor qtconfig.

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lidewei

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Same problem here, my menus look ok but arch homepage fonts are ugly. Anyone find a fix for this yet?

Denacke

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Registered: 2008-04-09

Posts: 106

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Had the same problem, disabling core X fonts in opera:config solved it for me.

also running latest weekly build.

Rokixz

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From: Šiauliai, Lithuania

Registered: 2007-04-21

Posts: 248

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Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Had the same problem, disabling core X fonts in opera:config solved it for me.

also running latest weekly build.

Can you made screenshot. I can't find it....

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Baraclese

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Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 41

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

You can find it under User Prefs - Enable Core X Fonts. New Opera is awesome.

FireSoul

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Registered: 2008-04-02

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

cheers lietuvi

i totally agree. new opera is brilliant! once again.. bye firefox

Last edited by FireSoul (2008-06-12 23:41:03)

MartinZ

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From: Chiloé, Chile

Registered: 2005-06-10

Posts: 364

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Had the same problem, disabling core X fonts in opera:config solved it for me.

also running latest weekly build.

Thanks, that solved the problem. May I ask how did you find that fix??

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pyrrhicvictory

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From: Rradhat e UCK-se

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

I cannot believe that I missed it, and I looked there so many times!

It made a world of difference, and fonts look as smooth as ice. Many thanks.

This should probably be marked as solved, and if possible added to a wiki about opera.

Last edited by pyrrhicvictory (2008-06-13 04:35:01)

Denacke

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Registered: 2008-04-09

Posts: 106

Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Had the same problem, disabling core X fonts in opera:config solved it for me.

also running latest weekly build.

Thanks, that solved the problem. May I ask how did you find that fix??

Actually dawn suggested it earlier in this topic, I just followed his advice

Rokixz

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From: Šiauliai, Lithuania

Registered: 2007-04-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Opera is UGLY. (certain fonts and menus)

Dėkui FireSoul,.

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