Subj : big problem with text sharpness
To   : comp.os.linux
From : berger
Date : Wed Jun 16 2004 01:19 pm

I'm having a problem with text sharpness on my monitor. The text is
fuzzy and induces eyestrain. I believe it's a combination of two
factors: one, that linux font rendering is still poor, and 2) and the
fact that I have a big (21") aperture grill monitor -- a cornerstone
p1750. AG monitors are known for having less sharp text than shadow
mask monitors. I have tried everything I could think of - I exchanged
the monitor (originally I had a viewsonic p220f), added a slew of
truetype fonts from microsoft, upgraded freetype to the latest
version, optimized the DPI values for the fonts. I tried turning
antialiasing on and off. I am really at my wits end -- I hope someone
out there can steer me in the right direction.

By the way, I'm using redhat enterprise 3.0 with gnome 2. My video
card is an nvidia quadro fx 1100 (which is at the high end of the
middle grade for video cards). Running at 1600 x 1200 resolution at
85hz.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Michael

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