Re: Gnome 2 Anti Aliased Font Question

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

If your runnning redhat 7.3, and using small fonts, most likely
antialiasing has been disable for them. edit /etc/X11/XftConfig and
reenable them.

dave


On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 16:35, Ross Burton wrote:
> 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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