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Since I switched to an LCD monitor a few months ago I have been using the *-lcd packages (libxft-lcd, fontconfig-lcd, cairo-lcd and freetype2-lcd). After a lot of experimentation I found that it was the freetype2-lcd package which (to my eyes and combined with my ~/.fonts.conf), made all the difference. It it obviously very subjective, but the fonts looked a little "fatter" - closer to what I was used to on CRT.
It has been a few weeks since I have been able to do a full pacman -Syu and I saw (from the AUR fontconfig-lcd page), that there were some cyclic dependencies. I therefore removed all the *-lcd packages and performed the Syu. I then reinstalled all the available *-lcd packages. It seems, however, that the freetype2-lcd package has been removed from the archive, leaving only the alternative freetype2-lcd_ 2.3.5-1 (which is a year old and has been flagged as out of date).
Presumably freetype2-lcd was removed for a reason. Does anyone know what the reason is please? Should I be able to get the same effects I had before it was removed by using only the current freetype2 ..... because if so I really need some advice as to how to do it. Any other suggestions?
TIA
Last edited by perseus (2008-08-06 21:07:18)
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The freetype2-cleartype in the AUR uses the same patches as the freetype2-lcd package, it is the same, except the name of the package.
So you can use it in place of freetype2-lcd. If you want, you can change it's name to freetype2-lcd before running the makepkg command.
I use it along with the other -lcd packages and my fonts are nice.
The other -cleartype packages use different patches than the -lcd ones. I have not tested them.
Last edited by berbae (2008-08-06 21:02:54)
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The freetype2-cleartype in the AUR uses the same patches as the freetype2-lcd package
Thank-you for a such a quick and helpful reply berbae. I have installed the cleartype package and my fonts are much improved..
I am left wondering why freetype-lcd has been removed, but the question is pleasantly theoretical now.
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