Hmm... Something weird this way comes? SuSE 7.3, KDE 3.0.3, QT 3.0.5 - All SuSE RPMs I've noticed that in KFontInstaller, inside the "preview" box, the font gets anti-aliased, but nowhere else! This tells me that I *can* get anti-aliased fonts. Maybe? But something is set up wrong. Well, besides SuSE intentionally shutting off anti-aliasing in the QT RPMs... I'm totally confused and frustrated at this point. Why would fonts show up anti-aliased in the preview box for KFontInstaller, but nowhere else? I've got "Use anti-alias" marked in the Control Panel, useXft=true and enableXft=true in /etc/X11/qtrc . All fonts are set to Arial or some other anti-aliasable font. Yet I still get no anti-aliasing except in the KFontInstaller font preview box. What's missing? Joe --------------------- I'm too sexy for my desktop. Too sexy for my desktop... ---------------------
On Friday 23 August 2002 06:59, Joe Sullivan wrote:
Hmm...
Something weird this way comes?
SuSE 7.3, KDE 3.0.3, QT 3.0.5 - All SuSE RPMs
I've noticed that in KFontInstaller, inside the "preview" box, the font gets anti-aliased, but nowhere else!
This tells me that I *can* get anti-aliased fonts. Maybe? But something is set up wrong. Well, besides SuSE intentionally shutting off anti-aliasing in the QT RPMs...
I'm totally confused and frustrated at this point. Why would fonts show up anti-aliased in the preview box for KFontInstaller, but nowhere else? I've got "Use anti-alias" marked in the Control Panel, useXft=true and enableXft=true in /etc/X11/qtrc . All fonts are set to Arial or some other anti-aliasable font.
Yet I still get no anti-aliasing except in the KFontInstaller font preview box.
What's missing?
Joe ====================
Joe, Maybe the answer to your problem is the same I had with jpeg display being turned off with the new file updates. I noticed when starting "qtconfig", that all the anti-aliasing was turned on in QT, but I am using 8.0, so don't know if that is the difference or not. Anyway, open up a shell/console and run "qtconfig" to open up your QT configuration window. Check all your settings there, be sure that the new QT 3.0.5 is in your Library Paths listing and see if that will cure your font problems. I am suspecting it is something else, but this is a good place to start looking. Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Amiga, SuSE Linux, PC Sales & Service Magic Page Products
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 . We gave up on 7.3 and fonts. A while back I installed 4 new fonts, and that action caused all fonts to then look like one of the new (illegible) ones. Nothing I do fixes it. Try to set up system fonts, and they all look like the illegible one. Never got help here for it. Just got by on one font. Will try 8 again soon, with 3.0.3 . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj1mPsIACgkQnQ18+PFcZJsbogCeLo7LRXPJo8y2+nOa9tYsA0wk 7qYAnRIPpKYwN04zexFxUMbKJbtYDyfH =iQwy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
* Joe Sullivan;
Hmm...
Something weird this way comes?
SuSE 7.3, KDE 3.0.3, QT 3.0.5 - All SuSE RPMs
I've noticed that in KFontInstaller, inside the "preview" box, the font gets anti-aliased, but nowhere else!
This tells me that I *can* get anti-aliased fonts. Maybe? But something is set up wrong. Well, besides SuSE intentionally shutting off anti-aliasing in the QT RPMs...
Have you checked the sdb lately Although not 7.3 specific maybe these can help ? Setting Up Anti-aliasing Fonts in SuSE Linux 7.2 http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_72.html Setting Up Anti-aliasing Fonts in SuSE Linux 7.1 http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_71.html -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
Basically the only thing that is going to work is if Adrian builds the RPM's (QT) with everything that's normally turned on for AA fonts...or if one builds the pkgs themselves. Adrian said he's not going to build 7.3 (or below) pkgs with everything turned on because it's to much trouble to make sure everyone has XFree86 4.2.0 installed. And you know how much of a PITA endusers can be when they don't think they should have to upgrade to get the full effect...and those people are usually the ones that bitch the loudest. *shrug* * Togan Muftuoglu (toganm@dinamizm.com) [020824 00:05]: :: ::Have you checked the sdb lately Although not 7.3 specific maybe these ::can help ? :: :: Setting Up Anti-aliasing Fonts in SuSE Linux 7.2 :: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_72.html :: :: :: Setting Up Anti-aliasing Fonts in SuSE Linux 7.1 :: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/chofman_ttf_71.html -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- Tell me what you believe..I tell you what you should see. -DP --=====-----=====--
It isn't that hard to make the QT rpms depend on installing XFree
4.2. This is quite ridiculous. Laziness seems to be the root cause
here.
I don't have the time to download and compile QT but it looks as
though I don't have a choice.
--- Ben Rosenberg
Basically the only thing that is going to work is if Adrian builds the RPM's (QT) with everything that's normally turned on for AA fonts...or if one builds the pkgs themselves. Adrian said he's not going to build 7.3 (or below) pkgs with everything turned on because it's to much trouble to make sure everyone has XFree86 4.2.0 installed. And you know how much of a PITA endusers can be when they don't think they should have to upgrade to get the full effect...and those people are usually the ones that bitch the loudest. *shrug*
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* Matthew W. Sheffield (mattsheffield@yahoo.com) [020824 08:34]: ::It isn't that hard to make the QT rpms depend on installing XFree ::4.2. This is quite ridiculous. Laziness seems to be the root cause ::here. :: ::I don't have the time to download and compile QT but it looks as ::though I don't have a choice. Well..having dealt with a very unreasonable customer escalation this week at work. I can really understand why they chose not to do this..I don't like it since I'm still running 7.3 at home, but I understand it. I'm personally just going to deal for the next month+ and do a fresh install of 8.1 when it's out. My fonts aren't to my liking but they aren't absolutely unreadable. I use Mozilla as my browser anyway which has Freetype and the TT fonts directory specified directly to it..so it renders fonts very, very well. And most of my other Windows are xterms (there are a few acceptions here and there..) so I'm just going to deal. As I said..complaining directly to SuSE is the best thing..get a response from them. Maybe if enough bitch then the pkgs that need rebuilding can be done. It doesn't take a huge amount of time for SuSE to do this. They aren't hackers in someone's mothers basement :) -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- Tell me what you believe..I tell you what you should see. -DP --=====-----=====--
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