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somepeople4

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From: Waterloo, Canada

Registered: 2015-10-06

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[Solved] Font, with Infinality, experiencing delay

I recently replaced my freetype2 and fontconfig packages with freetype2-infinality and fontconfig-infinality respectively, and I have noticed the change in fonts in all applications (more friendlier, I'd say), and also consequently had to adjust my lineSpace, and letterSpace in my URxvt configuration in accordance. However, I also noticed a slight (maybe 400ms) delay when opening URxvt from dmenu or xmonad terminal launcher. Is anyone else experiencing this delay?

I confirmed that it is indeed infinality by 1. uninstalling the packages, and 2. commenting out the font configurations in .Xresources, where it specifies to use a true type font, and in both cases, the delay was gone.

Last edited by somepeople4 (2015-11-23 22:06:08)

bibek22

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From: Nepal

Registered: 2015-09-10

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Re: [Solved] Font, with Infinality, experiencing delay

That's weird. I use infinality too and haven't had any sort of lag, at least not noticeable, in any application.

Maybe you've tried this already but ditch the .Xresources file altogether and see if the lag still persists.

somepeople4

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From: Waterloo, Canada

Registered: 2015-10-06

Posts: 13

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Re: [Solved] Font, with Infinality, experiencing delay

bibek22, Sorry I haven't been active; I just realized I turned notification off on this forum.

The lag is gone if I comment out which font I use in Xresources. I currently removed infinality and am using fontconfig-enhanced-defaults with freetype2. The delay is gone, and as far as I can tell, the font is still nicer.

Thanks! I'll put the "solved" marker on the topic