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syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

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subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

hi,
im fixing now minor issues. when i go to appearances > fonts and click subpixel smoothing nothing happens, i got same as result as best shapes. maybe i need to install additonals fonts? thank you

syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

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Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

bump

cb951303

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Registered: 2007-03-17

Posts: 91

Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

install ttf-bitstream-vera and/or ttf-dejavu if you didn't already. that solved the subpixel font issue with kde4 for me ...

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

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Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … figuration

may help.

syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

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Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

i think i should say that everyting was fine, but when i reinstalled gnome ive noticed that problem
EDIT: ive just found that subpixel smoothing works in terminal, but not in anywhere else

Last edited by syms (2009-01-31 20:13:06)

Rasi

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Registered: 2007-08-14

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Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

Same thing here... i have smooth fonts in all WMs (openbox, awesome, fluxbox) using my ~/.fonts.conf and also in KDE.
But in gnome fonts are plain blurry and ugly.

Tried all possible settings in Appearance/Fonts dialog. Nothing gives me a clear result.

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syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

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Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

anyone can help?

syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 296

Re: subpixel smoothing doesnt work in gnome

i have reinstalled arch linux from scratch and i still see same problem, monochrome and best shapes has the difference, but subpixel smoothing fonts are same as best shapes. maybe i need to install some additionals fonts to make subpixel smoothing work, but in kde4 subpixel smoothing works fine