.fonts.conf

geoisis · 2009-07-24 21:40:02

hello people

could anyone help me with the .fonts.conf and fonts configuration ?
should i use the -lcd packages ?
the cleartype ones ?
none of them ?

i'm really confused on how to achive the best font view.

19LCD 1280x1024 86dpi

djszapi · 2009-07-24 22:30:02

Hello Geoisis!

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … figuration

Hope this helps.

geoisis · 2009-07-24 22:34:42

djszapi wrote:

Hello Geoisis!
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … figuration
Hope this helps.

already tried
i'm just confused
which is better ? cleartype or lcd ?
some .fonts.conf would help too

brebs · 2009-07-25 06:45:23

Your question is, "Which setup is better for my individual eyes and hardware." That's impossible to answer for anyone else - you have to choose yourself, by experimentation. It's a personal preference thing.

So try them. Personally, I prefer Ubuntu's patches. My ~/.fonts.conf is here.

Last edited by brebs (2009-07-25 06:46:09)

djszapi · 2009-07-25 06:48:47

Yeah, which is better -> relative, try both of them, and you will see. Or i could do this if i were you.

droog · 2009-07-25 06:57:57

I've tried them all, and... none are worth it
ubuntu looks slightly better. on lcd.

Last edited by droog (2009-07-25 07:00:11)

geoisis · 2009-07-28 22:58:19

droog wrote:

I've tried them all, and... none are worth it
ubuntu looks slightly better. on lcd.

i have to agree on that.

@brebs thanx for the .fonts.conf it gave me a really good start

jskier · 2009-07-30 21:41:23

droog wrote:

I've tried them all, and... none are worth it
ubuntu looks slightly better. on lcd.

Fonts are quirky in Linux thats for sure (Linux is free, minus the time investment ). I'd also play with your DPI, this makes a huge difference. I've found on both my laptop and desktop (both wide screen LCDs), full hinting to me looks way more cleaner than slight; don't even mention medium to me.

I have an attachment to Windows fonts because of Word Processing, but if you don't do Dejavu Sans (or Bitstream) fonts all around- they are superb on an LCD display, and whichever font packages you use they seem to remain tried and true.

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