[solved] gtk fonts took terrible

shoelesshunter · 2022-05-25 22:32:45

I am using Plasma (with i3wm) to manage my desktop system.

this is a screenshot of k3B (qt), and deluge (gtk).

why does my qt application have smooth fonts while the gtk window is barley legible? this behavior is across the board with all qt vs. gtk applications.

I've gone over the fonts part of the wiki and tried some things posted here, but I'm not getting the desired result.

thanks

Last edited by shoelesshunter (2022-05-27 00:54:27)

seth · 2022-05-26 06:07:55

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=275119 ?
You're probably only setting the antiliasing through some KDE setting?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p2035968

geopardo · 2022-05-26 09:24:34

try look this configurations ..

font configurations
# ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/
09-autohint-if-no-hinting.conf
10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf

# ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/
# ls /etc/fonts/conf.d/ !! README file

system fonts
# ls -la /etc/fonts/
# ls -la /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# fc-list : file !! List of known Fontconfig fonts.
# fc-list !! List installed fonts.
# sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk !! Readable cjk fonts.
# cat /etc/fonts/fonts.conf

enable globaly configurations
# ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/
# cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# sudo ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf

 unlink configuration 
$ ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/
# sudo find / -xtype l -print !! Find broken symlinks.

$ ls /etc/fonts/conf.d/
$ ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/

$ ls -la /etc/fonts/conf.d/

Example

$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf
$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-autohint.conf
$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-full.conf

$ ls -la /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/
$ sudo unlink /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/10-hinting-slight.conf

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peer user configurations 
# cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/x-pluto.conf ~/.confg/fontconfig/conf.d/x-pluto.conf

Good luck..

seth · 2022-05-26 13:08:09

/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/

conf.avail is inert.

# ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/
# ls /etc/fonts/conf.d/ !! README file
system fonts
# ls -la /etc/fonts/
# ls -la /etc/fonts/conf.d/

And when he looks at that, then what?

# fc-list : file !! List of known Fontconfig fonts.
# fc-list !! List installed fonts.

Do you actually understand how the first command differs from the second (rhetorical question…)

# sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk !! Readable cjk fonts.

And if he doesn't speak any CJK slang? Also this is clearly not the problem?
…

$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf
$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-autohint.conf
$ sudo unlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-full.conf
$ ls -la /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/
$ sudo unlink /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.default/10-hinting-slight.conf
------------------------
peer user configurations
# cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/x-pluto.conf ~/.confg/fontconfig/conf.d/x-pluto.conf

I've no idea where you copy-pasted this from or what x-pluto.conf is but I rest in the reality that you don't either.
And I can pretty much guarantee that *removing* hinting won't make things better here.

@shoelesshunter, you should never copy and paste stuff from the interwebz into a console w/o understanding it first, but in this specific case you should esp. check geopardo's profile and post history first.

shoelesshunter · 2022-05-26 21:43:11

so anti-aliasing is the issue?

I'm more confused than I was.

p.s. I did not do any of what the prior comment suggested.

shoelesshunter · 2022-05-26 22:41:55

update. the issue is only happening with KDE/i3. when I start a straight KDE session, the fonts look fine.

does that indicate anything specific to look at?

shoelesshunter · 2022-05-27 00:54:10

I had configured i3 to load my .Xresources file, and it was the culprit. I removed the reference, and ow fonts are beautiful.

seth · 2022-05-27 05:41:21

I had configured i3 to load my .Xresources file, and it was the culprit.

Can you please post the file? Does it include sth. like "Xft.antialias: false"?

geopardo · 2022-05-28 09:25:46

shoelesshunter wrote:

so anti-aliasing is the issue?
I'm more confused than I was.
p.s. I did not do any of what the prior comment suggested.

auto-hinting is the issues, anti-aliasing is the related botch, a mess..

this is a linux configuration, i u having a desk who merging this configuration.. try look those dir and files..

enable globaly configurations
# ls /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/
# cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
# sudo ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf

.Xresources

you have done merging, then replacing font configuration in the desk

Last edited by geopardo (2022-05-28 09:33:56)

geopardo · 2022-05-28 18:21:53

shoelesshunter wrote:

I had configured i3 to load my .Xresources file, and it was the culprit. I removed the reference, and ow fonts are beautiful.

If you using KDE plasma, the is an function on options setting..
inside Appareance/Fonts

Pixels RGB for example..
Or Hinting.. moderate, light is enough.. for others fonts resolutions, you found an other way..
But global configurations, merge this options settings of KDE..
This bug on last distro of arch linux and KDE package is solved

Arch Linux

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