[SOLVED] Font configuration

zoran119 · 2020-11-02 10:32:34

I am having trouble configuring fonts - the all look very "jagged" (photos).

I got it to a point where it wasn't too bad, but I just got a new monitor (27" 2560x1440) and the problem is too big to ignore.

My /etc/fonts/local.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
  <fontconfig>
      <match>
          <edit mode="prepend" name="family"><string>Noto Sans</string></edit>
      </match>
      <match target="pattern">
          <test qual="any" name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Serif</string></edit>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Ubuntu</string></edit>
      </match>
      <match target="pattern">
          <test qual="any" name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans</string></edit>
      </match>
      <match target="pattern">
          <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans Mono</string></edit>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Source Code Pro</string></edit>
      </match>

 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
   <const>rgb</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
   <const>hintslight</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
  <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter">
    <const>lcddefault</const>
  </edit>
  </match>

  </fontconfig>

Enabled settings:

  10-hinting-full.conf -> ../conf.avail/10-hinting-full.conf    
  10-hinting-slight.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf    
  10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf    
  10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf -> ../conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf    
  11-lcdfilter-default.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-sans.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-sans-mono.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-lgc-serif.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf    
  20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf    
  20-unhint-small-vera.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf    
  30-metric-aliases.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf    
  40-nonlatin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf    
  45-generic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/45-generic.conf    
  45-latin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/45-latin.conf    
  46-noto-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/46-noto-mono.conf    
  46-noto-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/46-noto-sans.conf    
  46-noto-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/46-noto-serif.conf    
  49-sansserif.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf    
  50-user.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/50-user.conf    
  51-local.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/51-local.conf    
  57-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf    
  57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf    
  57-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-serif.conf    
  58-dejavu-lgc-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/58-dejavu-lgc-sans.conf    
  58-dejavu-lgc-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/58-dejavu-lgc-sans-mono.conf    
  58-dejavu-lgc-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/58-dejavu-lgc-serif.conf    
  60-generic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-generic.conf    
  60-latin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-latin.conf    
  65-fonts-persian.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf    
  65-nonlatin.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf    
  66-noto-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/66-noto-mono.conf    
  66-noto-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/66-noto-sans.conf    
  66-noto-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/66-noto-serif.conf    
  69-unifont.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf    
  70-no-bitmaps.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  80-delicious.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  81-ubuntu.conf -> ../conf.avail/81-ubuntu.conf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  90-synthetic.conf -> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf

I feel like the size of the font on the screen is OK (could be a touch bigger if it had to be).

Any ideas what I can do?

Last edited by zoran119 (2020-11-03 10:00:26)

zoran119 · 2020-11-02 10:38:08

Just to explain a bit more what I mean by "jagged" - the vertical lines in some cases are very weak, for example the vertical cursor in some positions is nice and black, but in some is grey; the letters "i" and "l" are sometimes black and sometimes very faint.

Last edited by zoran119 (2020-11-02 11:04:43)

Lone_Wolf · 2020-11-02 13:35:25

Assuming you use Xorg, you have checked if X uses the correct DPI for your screen ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xo … ze_and_DPI

zoran119 · 2020-11-02 13:39:20

Yes, I am using Xorg. I did check the DPI (the screen is 109) and I've set it as a parameter to startx and in my .Xresources. Still the same problem

zoran119 · 2020-11-03 04:18:41

Yet it is looking really good at 1920x1080.

Last edited by zoran119 (2020-11-03 05:15:54)

seth · 2020-11-03 07:14:32

Does this affect all clients? What about eg. xterm?

Edit: please also post the output of "xrandr -q" to ensure there's no scaling or multihead confusion at play.

Last edited by seth (2020-11-03 07:17:35)

zoran119 · 2020-11-03 09:58:57

Turns out the poor rendering was due to incorrect refresh rate for the monitor (was too low). All good now!

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#1 2020-11-02 10:32:34

[SOLVED] Font configuration

#2 2020-11-02 10:38:08

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

#3 2020-11-02 13:35:25

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

#4 2020-11-02 13:39:20

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

#5 2020-11-03 04:18:41

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

#6 2020-11-03 07:14:32

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

#7 2020-11-03 09:58:57

Re: [SOLVED] Font configuration

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