Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:26:55 +0000 From: Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> To: Norbert Papke <npapke@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0-RC2 problems Message-ID: <b10011eb0911130726j107c0564jae8564613239dd35@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911090841.44250.npapke@acm.org> References: <b10011eb0911060403r3fefdbe1j8cc3da1afbdc829d@mail.gmail.com> <200911090841.44250.npapke@acm.org>
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Norbert Papke <npapke@acm.org> wrote: > On November 6, 2009, Masoom Shaikh wrote: > > > problem # 1 > > The problem is KDE4 is not able to display anti aliased fonts. I have > made > > the required changes to make it work, of course, in System Settings -> > > Appearance -> Fonts > > Hinting -> Full, and there is is one more option, the name i cannot > recall > > ATM, I have set it to RGB. DPI to 96......this is has worked for all > > combination of installs I have used so far, viz KDE3 on FreeBSD-6.x to > > KDE4.1.x on FreeBSD-7.x and KDE4.2 on FreeBSD-8.0RC1 > > My guess is that "print/freetype2" is not built with anti-aliasing support. > Rebuild it specifying "WITH_LCD_FILTERING" . > > See also http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=139603 > > Cheers, > > -- Norbert Papke. > npapke@acm.org > > > http://saveournet.ca > Protecting your Internet's level playing field > this time I reverted back to FreeBSD-7.2 untill 8.0 I have same observations, KDE4 based apps are not anti-aliased, but GTK based are, since fonts look excellant in Firefox-3.5.5
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