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bohoomil wrote:@acrox999, a link to a valid screenshot, please?
I can't, it gets 'fixed' once I press the screenshot. I'll grab one from my phone when I can. But then again, I think it might be the radeon graphics driver. I've been having these weird artifacts ever since I switched to glamor from EXA. I'll switch to EXA later and see how it goes.
Is it anything like this:
(Konsole is to the left, and urxvt is to the right. I have printed a bunch of "#" characters with python.
For me, it happens most often in urxvt, and never in konsole. Thunderbird, chrome, and a few other programs have this problem too. But I have never seen this problem in KDE programs.
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We used to unconditionally replace Helvetica with Arial, but that's a wrong thing to do™ (see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25499 ). To get a nicer display, either:
- Install tex-gyre-fonts and enable 70-no-bitmaps.conf; This uses TeX Gyre Heros, a metric-compatible Helvetica replacement
- Install tex-gyre-fonts and uninstall xorg-fonts-{75,100}dpi; This uses TeX Gyre Heros, a metric-compatible Helvetica replacement
- Install ttf-liberation and grab 29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf from the older fontconfig package; This uses Liberation Sans, an Arial replacement, but not metric-compatible with Helvetica
Thanks!! These solutions work, but I do not know why there are pages that are rare firefox (another typeface) and rekonq all good
example with tex-gyre-fonts and uninstall xorg-fonts-{75,100}dpi;
firefox
http://i.imgur.com/Q8BbG9q.png
Rekonq:
http://i.imgur.com/aPTLgEP.png
Last edited by nu_kru (2013-10-18 19:20:43)
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Thanks, this is very useful! Maybe add these advices to the wiki?
And perhaps an update note next time something fundamental changes in a package?
Andrew
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I would just like to thank you all for the solutions provided.
I ended up using heftig third solution (29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf), since 70-no-bitmaps.conf implies disabling all bitmaps fonts... since I use a bitmap font on my terminal emulator, that was not an option.
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If you do not put it in ~/.fonts.conf.d it will be deleted on the next update.
Andrew
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Installing tex-gyre-fonts and uninstalling xorg-fonts-{75,100}dpi does work to eliminate the bitmap fonts, but the new TeX fonts don't seem to be hinting at all, rendering my fonts into a blurry mess.
Is there a way to get this to work without adding back the old file?
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Is my issue with aliasing in firefox fonts related?
Last edited by firewalker (2013-10-20 21:05:05)
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Is my issue with aliasing in firefox fonts related?
Same here. Is there any solution to this beside downgrading?
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aliasing
See thread regarding ignoring bitmap fonts using fontconfig.
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I added the following to my .config/fontconfig/fonts.conf (as fdservices suggested) and it is ok now.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Prefer Microsoft versions of PostScript fonts, as these typically render a lot better on-screen
30-metric-aliases.conf will then also add the free clones of these fonts -->
<alias binding="same">
<family>Helvetica</family>
<prefer><family>Arial</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias binding="same">
<family>Times</family>
<prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias binding="same">
<family>Courier</family>
<prefer><family>Courier New</family></prefer>
</alias>
</fontconfig>
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It doesn't seem to be the same problem. What happened to you is that the latest fonconfig package doesn't contain the file 29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf anymore. This bug report suggests to install tex-gyre-fonts to fix this (if I understand correctly), but it didn't work for me.
So you can either recreate the file (cf fonconfig wiki to do things properly), or append its content in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf.
FYI - I've created an AUR package (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/font … -ms-fonts/) that restores that 29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf file and makes it available system-wide. (I.e., in /etc/fonts/conf.d/, not in the user's ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf) I hate putting stray non-packaged files under the /etc/ dirtree.
Hope this is helpful to someone.
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