gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

Convergence · 2008-10-14 23:28:24

When I use flux as my window manager, gtk fonts are ugly, including firefox. I completely deleted my ~/.fluxbox/ and started over with it, but the problem still persists. for now I'm using gnome as my wm, but hope to go back.

Last edited by Convergence (2008-10-15 00:38:21)

creslin · 2008-10-14 23:40:11

There are a few ways, but I usually set it through the ~/.fluxbox/overlay file. This would set all components to Sans-8:

*.font: Sans-8

Convergence · 2008-10-14 23:53:02

Tried it, doesn't seem to work.

! The following line will prevent styles from setting the background.
! background: none

*.font: Sans-8

Should i post a screenshot?

Convergence · 2008-10-15 00:03:33

I recently installed fontconfig-lcd, and everything seemed fine, but then I wasn't using fluxbox at the time. Does fontconfig-lcd cause problems with flux?

creslin · 2008-10-15 00:04:05

Sure.. by the way what do you mean exactly by ugly fonts? Do you mean you need antialiasing?

Convergence · 2008-10-15 00:30:05

I think that they aren't antialiased, but i'm not sure. Looks like they were written with a runny pen. splotchy, pixellated, and broken. I looked at a screenshot demonstrating the difference, but mine atually look worse than that.

creslin · 2008-10-15 00:33:00

Try adding this to ~/.Xdefaults if antialiasing is the issue:

Xft.antialias: true
Xft.hinting:   true
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.rgba:      rgb

Convergence · 2008-10-15 00:37:11

That fixed it! Thank you!

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#1 2008-10-14 23:28:24

gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#2 2008-10-14 23:40:11

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#3 2008-10-14 23:53:02

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#4 2008-10-15 00:03:33

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#5 2008-10-15 00:04:05

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#6 2008-10-15 00:30:05

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#7 2008-10-15 00:33:00

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

#8 2008-10-15 00:37:11

Re: gtk fonts are ugly when using fluxbox [solved]

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