On Sunday 2013-01-27 20:23, Joon wrote:
current fontconfig configuration[1] sets the highest priority for Microsoft font. If user install them (i.e. Times New Roman, Arial, Consolas) they will be set as _default_ for respectively families (sans-serif, sans, monospace). Why do we promote Microsoft fonts instead support open fonts, shipped with system?
Luxi Sans has a messed up stroke thickness at rendering sizes 13-15px. Google Droid and DejaVu seem to lack hints. BitStream Vera Sans seems to have hints, but kerns are sometimes odd. Arial has hints and good kerning. And that's what makes up the current default settings... simple as that. Note that Arial etc. were made by a multi-person group at Monotype, whereas the Microsoft C* fonts (Calibri, Cambria, et al) were not, which is probably why Arial still wins over C*.
Please continue this thread at opensuse-factory as it was already suggested as part of this thread. Therefore the Reply-To got set. The begin of this thread was here: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2012-01/msg02101.html
I was thinking about this issue and found the thread.
I agree with OP as since ms fonts are on the top in the priority list, as soon as I install ms fonts all my desktop starts using ms fonts as default - even though I usually install those for specific purposes only. I wish msfonts to have lower priority in /etc/fonts/suse-post-user.conf, or is there a way to have a user specific settings file?
The user file is ~/.fonts.conf and follows the same format as the system-wide file suse-post-user.conf. I myself use ~/.fonts.conf to set the way I prefer how kanji rendered at certain sizes. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org