Re: redhat 8.0/gnome 2 antialiased fonts

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

Alexander F Borro wrote:
> In my view and I have asked others their opinion and agreed with me that
> the aa fonts somehow don't look quite right in gnome 2.0 apps and the
> desktop.  They appear out of focus somewhat and don't make the desktop
> look any clearer to me ( Both the same affect on two machines I have
> installed.  

They look fine on my monitor. Try the gnome-font-properties
tool (or RedHat->Preferences->Font) and change the rendering
to "Monochrome" or "Best Contrast". Also try "Details..."
There you can change the hinting and smoothing settings.

Dont mess with LCD or Subpixel settings unless you
have and LCD display, where it looks great :)
(Suppixel use the know order of R,G,and B pixels in
a LCD to make the display even better)

> Here is a screen shot of what it looks like now. Notice how the desktop,
> gnome-terminal and evo have identical looking fonts and are easy to
> read.

Doesn't look any better than mine with the default settings.
Of course it's subjective:)

> Is there a way with aa switched on to get those nice thin looking fonts
> I have now because it seems to me that anti aliasing only seems to swell
> them up, so to speak and leaves pre gnome 2 apps alone with gnome 1.4
> looking fonts.

In the detailed settings, choose none for Hinting and Smoothing.
Then they look horrid too. Also try changing the actual font used.
The Sans and Serif fonts are a little wider that the old
defaults.

	-Thomas