-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:40:27 -0700 Alan <alan ufies org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:34:35PM -0400, James Drabb wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:20:26 -0700 > [snip] > > I don't set GDK_USE_XFT=1 in my environment. I think that good > > quality true type fonts look better without the antialiasing. I > > just grabbed the fonts from a windows box and also from the webfonts > > for Linux. I installed them and they look great. Maybe edit the > > gdm conf file and get rid of the GDK_USE_XFT=1 stuff. > > That's how I'm running now, but there are some non-standard fonts that > I'm trying to get working to make my desktop look a little funkier, > and they definately look better antialiased (viewed through gfontsel > anyway). > > At this point it's the principle of the thing, not sure why the fonts > are dissapearing! I'd like to figure that out and then decide to use > or not use the AA. > > Alan > > -- > Alan "Arcterex" <alan ufies org> -=][=- http://arcterex.net > "I used to herd dairy cows. Now I herd lusers. Apart from the > isolation, I think I preferred the cows. They were better > conversation, easier to milk, and if they annoyed me enough, I could > shoot them and eat them." -Rodger > Donaldson_______________________________________________ gnome-list > mailing list gnome-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list If your using AA fonts for antialiasing then you should modify your /etc/X11/XftConfig file and make sure you have lines like: dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" Just like you would have: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" in your /etc/X11/XF86Config files I attached my /etc/X11/XftConfig file as an example. Jim Drabb - -- - ---------------------- James Drabb, JR Programmer Analyst Davenport, FL JDrabb tampabay rr com - ---------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9mQ+zMSVDgbMHT7ERAmTlAJ9yimzFRp2VuNu/K7fkTXSZqabnbACeIjrk QhonWjOIWfjJ7nxGFloHPNE= =ZliO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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