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lafayette

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From: Italy

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 58

"ugly" fonts on gnome

I've just downloaded packages from gnome and gnome-extra.I don't know how to explain but I thought default fonts of Gnome would look the same in every distro, but here are pretty different with respect to my previous slack installation, even if I always use Sans font. could it depend on xorg configuration?

haxit

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From: /home/haxit

Registered: 2008-03-04

Posts: 1,247

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Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

Try installing:

ttf-bitstream-vera

It should fix it.

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Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

you could also try dejavufonts. They are an extension of the bitstream-vera fonts

Also, read this: (I used to use LCD packages, now I use the ubuntu ones in AUR)
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts

when I first started using Arch, I didn't realize just how much info is in the WIKI. You can find the solutions (with nice how-tos) to a VERY large portion of ??s you may have when starting out.

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

Use the search feature to find pages quickly

lafayette

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From: Italy

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 58

Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

yes, thank you both. Actually was a problem of ttf-bistream package.

Yes I know and use pretty often the Wiki, the fact is that I feel a little confused by such a basical installation, user has the responsibility of choosing and configuring about a 70% of things that other distros offer at least at install time..

Anyway, I'm getting even more impressed by arch

Execute_Method

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 105

Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

UR welcome. I too am very impressed with Arch, and I have learned more about linux in the last 4months of using Arch, than I had in the last xx YEARS.

lafayette

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From: Italy

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 58

Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

I thought it was more user friendly. That's not a remark, anyway. I used slackware for years and decided to switch so I'm getting a little confused these first days, specially with udev that I've never used and wpa_supplicant that's driving me nuts

see soon on the forum

Rokixz

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From: Šiauliai, Lithuania

Registered: 2007-04-21

Posts: 251

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Re: "ugly" fonts on gnome

Try to add
export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1

to /etc/profile and logout.

pacman -Rs xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-fonts-75dpi

Or you can try microsoft fonts if you have higher resolution than 1024...

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