Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 22:32:59 -0500 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Peter Hollaubek" <fifteen@inext.hu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-opera with anti-alias Message-ID: <opr4g2s9g00cf2rk@dialup-67.74.66.61.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net> In-Reply-To: <20040307024345.GA27302@fifteen.hu> References: <20040306134017.GA11906@fifteen.hu> <opr4gvvjk40cf2rk@dialup-67.74.66.61.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net> <20040307024345.GA27302@fifteen.hu>
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 03:43:45 +0100, Peter Hollaubek <fifteen@inext.hu> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 08:03:09PM -0500, Jud wrote: >> On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:40:17 +0100, Peter Hollaubek <fifteen@inext.hu> >> wrote: >> >> >Has anyone succeeded to use the linux-opera port with anti-aliased >> fonts? >> >During installation it says the WITH_XFT2 variable should be set to >> >enable >> >aa fonts, and it does install the additional linux packages, though the >> >fonts are rendered as usual. I've also tried setting the QT_XFT >> variable >> >with >> >no effect. >> >> Opera uses an older method of anti-aliasing which involves use of an >> XftConfig file. Though the document at the URL below describes a NetBSD >> setup, it will work on FreeBSD, and Linux-Opera will be able to display >> anti-aliased fonts if they are selected in fonts preferences. I find >> the >> Bitstream Vera fonts give a very nice appearance. >> >> <URL: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-x11/2002/12/29/0000.html>; > > Thanks for the reply. Though the solution was not the one You've > mentioned, > I've found the real one on freebsdforums.org. Just for the archive: > > Fontconfig uses a configuration file named fonts.conf, xft loads fonts > according to this file. Though the configuration was good for native > application (for they have a differend version installed with the native > port in /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts/fonts.conf), the emulated opera found > another > one like /usr/compat/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. You only have to symlink the > native > to the other one, and everything's OK. Maybe this should be done by the > linux > port automatically. Then I suppose there is more than one "real" solution or it has changed in the very recent past, because an XftConfig file produces lovely anti-aliased fonts for me in Opera. Jud
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