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No more blurry fonts in linux

05 May 2023
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Ever since I saw elementary os sporting the very legible Inter font
for its UI and site, I wanted to make it part of my desktop too. The
only problem was any font I'd choose got a little blurry. Not any
more!

Open up /etc/environment and then add the following line to the end
of it.

FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="cff:no-stem-darkening=0 autofitter:no-stem-darkening=0"

This enables stem-darkening for all fonts. This just makes fonts a
little bit bolder on smaller screens. This makes a heck of a
difference for Inter.

Reboot your machine and enjoy beautiful fonts.

Here's a before

[stem-darke]

And an after

[stem-darke]

Happy Hacking & have a great day!

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