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[ILUG] sub-pixel rendered AA

[ILUG] sub-pixel rendered AA

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Wed Oct 3 12:16:00 IST 2001


John P. Looney said:

> On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 07:11:25PM +1000, Justin Mason mentioned:
> > Anyone tried this yet?  It kicks ass!
>  I've tried it, and it seems to break a shitload of apps. Galeon's fonts
> lose the plot altogether. They are *tiny*. Many other apps have screwed up
> fonts too. 
> 
>  And gnome-terminal, the one app I want AA fonts in, doesn't support them.
> Bah.

Try it nowadays -- it's a lot more stable.  Also I'd recommend making sure
you reorg the /etc/X11/XftConfig so that yr windows fonts come up first,
and use a Windows font where possible. :(

But neither gnome-terminal nor rxvt work yet.  xterm does though...

--j.




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