Hello, I have been browsing the net reading up on fonts. My KDE fonts all look like thin wires. In Netscape, the fonts are full bodied if you will, and normal looking. Why? Here is my font path in XF86Config. I've tried without the cyrillic path and putting 100 first. It's all the same. This is really irritating, as I don't want to become a font expert. I startx in 16 bpp. FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" Thanks George -- My personal website http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.htm -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote:
Hello, I have been browsing the net reading up on fonts. My KDE fonts all look like thin wires. In Netscape, the fonts are full bodied if you will, and normal looking. Why? Here is my font path in XF86Config. I've tried without the cyrillic path and putting 100 first. It's all the same. This is really irritating, as I don't want to become a font expert. I startx in 16 bpp.
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
Thanks George Hi
No, we didn't want to become fonte experts either but in the end you just have to be with Linux. Here is my setup. After much trial and error that works: Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" EndSection In the end, we found that the only way to get X looking even vaguely modern was to use truetype fonts from xfstt. unix/:7101 hope that this helps Steve & Clara -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Steve Sheriff wrote:
Here is my setup. After much trial and error that works:
Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" EndSection
In the end, we found that the only way to get X looking even vaguely modern was to use truetype fonts from xfstt. unix/:7101
I'm puzzled as to why you have the 100dpi fonts behind the 75dpi ones. My experience, and that of most folks here, is that you get better results with 100dpi. I'm also wondering about the relative merits of TrueType and unscaled fonts in the X environment. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hello, I put the 75dpi back in front of the 100 dpi because the windows in SuSEFax were sizing much larger than normal. And I didn't really get any greater quality that made it worth the hassle. As for the merits of TTFonts. Don't know. I just know that my fonts in KDE look like thin wires. Literally pixels connected to each other in a line. What I don't understand, is in Netscape,the fonts are thicker and more fulbodied. What fonts does Netscape use to cause such a difference? George Sun, 13 Feb 2000, ÷Ù ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌÉ: > Steve Sheriff wrote: >
Here is my setup. After much trial and error that works:
Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" EndSection
In the end, we found that the only way to get X looking even vaguely modern was to use truetype fonts from xfstt. unix/:7101
I'm puzzled as to why you have the 100dpi fonts behind the 75dpi ones. My experience, and that of most folks here, is that you get better results with 100dpi.
I'm also wondering about the relative merits of TrueType and unscaled fonts in the X environment.
Paul Abrahams
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