Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:54:04 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beta2: Nice job! Message-ID: <1124715244.75167.40.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> In-Reply-To: <17161.51084.456346.976929@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <17161.51084.456346.976929@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Andrew Gallatin p=ED=B9e v po 22. 08. 2005 v 08:39 -0400:
> - X.org is a major downgrade from XFree86 3.x in terms of fonts.
> linux-mozilla, linux-firefox, etc, all look terrible & blurry
> compared to XFree86-3.x or Windows.
> =20
> I've installed the bitstream-vera fonts, and messed with
> ~/.fonts.conf for hours turning on/off anti-aliasing, subpixel
> rendering, hinting, autohinting, etc. I know I'm having an effect,
> because each change manages to make things worse. This is a
> 75x75dpi 1024x768 LCD screen driven by a NeoMagic video chip.
>=20
> I've got the same problem with fonts on my desktop (1600x1200 LCD
> panel), but I'd always assumed that it was something about this
> particular LCD.
Forget these linux-* relics from times when Netscape only came as binary
kludgepackage.
Try native mozilla/firefox, you will be pleasantly surprised with the
slicky smoothness of fonts delivered by freetype and libXft.
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
In God we trust. All others must use the callback verifier.
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