Very Ugly Fonts

solarwind · 2008-03-27 22:01:03

Ugly fonts:

How do I fix this?

tigrmesh · 2008-03-27 22:03:50

Have you looked at this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts?

solarwind · 2008-03-27 22:05:53

tigrmesh wrote:

Have you looked at this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts?

Yes of course. Installed the ms fonts and all. Still ugly.

thayer · 2008-03-27 22:37:52

Yep, that's pretty ugly

Now, post a sample of how you'd like them to look...

solarwind · 2008-03-27 23:21:40

thayer wrote:

Yep, that's pretty ugly
Now, post a sample of how you'd like them to look...

And how am I supposed to do that?

thayer · 2008-03-27 23:44:22

solarwind wrote:

thayer wrote:
Yep, that's pretty ugly
Now, post a sample of how you'd like them to look...
And how am I supposed to do that?

We've got about 500 screenshots (maybe more) in the monthly screenshots threads. Have a look through any of those and find a font style you actually like. I can then offer some config advice for ya. The thing about fonts is that its different strokes for different folks. Some like'em a little fuzzy and others *hate* antialiased fonts. If you can show your preference, someone can help.

praka123 · 2008-03-28 00:39:22

I like anti-aliasing set to "slight" in Gnome.dpi is 96 see my screenshots and gnome settings :-

gnome font settings(System>Prefernces>Appearance>Fonts)

"details" :-

and I use a "nvidia" gfx card and have below lines in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf section "device" :

Option          "DPI"   "96 x 96"

^to force dpi

finferflu · 2008-03-28 01:21:38

Have a look at this post, that's the one I have followed to get this kind of font rendering, which I quite enjoy:

Last edited by finferflu (2008-03-28 01:23:57)

hacosta · 2008-03-28 01:37:32

what font is that finerflu?

finferflu · 2008-03-28 01:53:52

hacosta wrote:

what font is that finerflu?

It's AquaBase from Apple

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#1 2008-03-27 22:01:03

Very Ugly Fonts

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