Re: Gnome 2 Anti Aliased Font Question

[Ross Burton <ross burtonini com>]

On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 17:13, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> You have to fiddle with /etc/X11/XftConfig as well.
> I had to add 'match edit rgba=rgb;' (excluding quotes) in the beggining
> of the file (I don't know if order is relevant, but all examples I saw
> had it in the beggining).

That turns on sub-pixel AA, which is only suitable if you have a LCD
display.  On CRTs the results will be small colour fringes around all
text.

Basically, if exporting GDK_USE_XFT=1 _before starting X_ does not work,
something weird is happening. Of course not all fonts can be
anti-aliased, but the core MS fonts can so check Verdana with 'xmag'.

Ross
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