Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:06:37 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree 4.3.0 / Xft font problems Message-ID: <200303192006.41446.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <3E773AF0.6010803@mitre.org> References: <200303181439.JAA5706913@shell.TheWorld.com> <3E773AF0.6010803@mitre.org>
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--Boundary-02=_B/Le+X9wogEpDZI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 18 March 2003 16:27, Jason Andresen wrote: > Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > > "Regular" xchat 1.8.11 and gaim 0.59.9 look fine. > > Mozilla built without Xft (-DWITHOUT_XFT) looks ok (menu bar > > looks good, as with other apps) but not great (displayed > > text looks "ok" but not very good). > > Mozilla uses whatever you have configured in the preferences panel as > the font for the menubar IIRC. Try changing your font from serif to > sans-serif. > > Additionally, you're probably having trouble with the antialiased small > text. You might want to try creating a /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts/local.conf > file with the following lines: > > <!-- Fontconfig local overrides --> > > <match target=3D"pattern"> > <test qual=3D"any" name=3D"size" compare=3D"less_eq"> On a related note: I have observed that "pixelsize" matches better than=20 "size". I use a similar .fonts.conf (and before that, I used a similar=20 =2Exftconfig with the old syntax) to turn off antialiasing for a specific=20 size-range, and when I use "size", seemingly random fonts in random=20 applications are not matched (in some applications, for instance kmail, the= =20 same font at the same size is rendered antialiased in one widget, and=20 unantialiased in another!). =2D-=20 Regards, Michael Nottebrock --Boundary-02=_B/Le+X9wogEpDZI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+eL/BXhc68WspdLARAuBLAJ9M9sUoMrmJINGJJRE2Gtm6x6btHgCgngh5 ZRye/BgIjbzul2pFBmISadM= =0yIy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_B/Le+X9wogEpDZI-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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