Briefly, for those who might still be having difficulties getting AA fonts in KDE2, here is what I did I have the latest KDE packages and the latest X Windows 4.1.0 packages from SuSE. You must have QT-2.3.1 installed. I created a small executable script: /etc/profile.d/qt.sh which looks like this: ################################# # Qt initialization script (sh) if [ -z "$QTDIR" ] ; then QTDIR="/usr/lib/qt-2.3.1" fi export QTDIR export QT_XFT=TRUE ################################## Make sure the permissions are set so that users can read this file. I then turned on AA fonts in Kcontrol->Look and Feel->Style I made sure that my XF86Config file had the path to my True Type fonts (I was told this is necessary and indeed, KDE only looks for fonts in this directory now AA is active). /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/ I then restarted X Windows/KDE If you open Konqueror, you will see that the fonts are AA. However, the truetype fonts that come with SUSE are not very nice, so you need to get yourself some decent TT fonts. You can use, if you care to, the Windows 3.1 TT fonts from M$: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm Just unzip the .exe packages with 'unzip' A google search for "free true type fonts" also brings up lots of fonts. I found these two sites to be pretty good: http://fonts.linuxpower.org/ http://www.galactica.de/freefonts.htm Unpack the .exe and mv the .ttf files to the truetype directory. They should be available immediately. Make sure permissions are set so that users can read them. You do not need to restart X. It worked for me, I hope it works for you. Joss --