Subj : Re: big problem with text sharpness
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Victor Nazarov
Date : Fri Jun 18 2004 05:31 pm

M Berger wrote:
> Victor Nazarov <vir@comtv.ru> wrote in message 
> 
>>I've experieneced same problems... If you are using Gnome2,
>>in gnome-font-properties dialog, go to Details and set Smoothing to None
>>and Hinting to Full. This gives me satisfactory results.
> 
> 
> Yes I am using Gnome2, and I tried this. With most fonts, this gives
> me jagged-looking characters (even with the latest version of freetype
> installed with truetype hinting). Doesn't that happen to you as well?

I think you should try to upgrade libxft2 and fontconfig, may be xfs 
itself too...

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vir

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