Subj : Re: big problem with text sharpness
To   : comp.os.linux
From : berger
Date : Wed Jun 16 2004 10:33 pm

Thanks for your suggestions. At 1024x768 resolution, I'm still getting
excessive fuzz on the characters. The fuzz disappears if I turn off
antialiasing, but then my fonts look very jagged, like bad wood cuts.
(I don't know how to turn off antialiasing in Mozilla, only for the
desktop & terminal.)

As you say, the fuzziness may be an issue with the font server. I've
already installed the latest version of freetype (2.1.8) -- is there
something else I should update?

Viewing the monitor in text-only mode without X11, the text looks
perfect. I attribute this to the fact that there is no antialiasing
going on. (The font is not jagged in this case because it is a
terminal font designed to be displayed without antialiasing.) This
would seem to indicate the problem is not with the monitor, but with
the font rendering.

Please let me know what other software you think could be updated to
improve the situation.

Thanks much,

Michael


Rory Baker <theroryking@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:<z93Ac.1159$JQ5.730@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>...
> Try cranking down the resoultion to something like 1024x768. If you 
> think it's an issue with the font server, check to see if you have the 
> latest version.
> 
> Try hitting Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a text-only terminal. Is it still 
> fuzzy? Of course the console runs at someting like 320x240, but it 
> doesn't rely on X11 or whatever you may be using for graphical 
> interface. (Ctrl+Alt+F7 should get you back to the graphical interface)
> 
> M Berger wrote:
> > 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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