Re: Gnome 2 Anti Aliased Font Question

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

adding export GDK_USE_XFT=1 to my bash.rc file works..

dave

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 10:40, Chris Egan wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 21:35, Ross Burton wrote:
> 
> 
> > 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'.
> 
> 
> I'm still trying to work this one out, I have added 'rgba=rgb' to the
> top of my XftConfig file (I have an LCD screen) and commented out the
> parts that turn anti aliasing off for small fonts (I'm using Redhat 7.3
> and the Ximian Gnome 2 snapshot releases). This doesn't seem to help me.
> 
> I was exporting GDK_USE_XFT=1 in rc.local file, but i guess this is not
> being run before X starts on my system. Could anyone suggest the right
> place to put this command in?
> 
> Also, can both Type1 and Truetype fonts be anti aliased? I'm not very
> familar with the way fonts work under Linux, so sorry for any silly
> questions... 
> 
> Thanks to all for your help,
> 
> Chris.
> 
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> Chris Egan
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