Blocky fonts in Lazarus
lazarus / 1-Linux

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zeekoe · 2006-02-08 23:27

Not sure if this is the right subforum, but I'll see it moved soon
enough
The fonts of Lazarus are really blocky. Like this:
(http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.teune/lazarusfont.png)
One can clearly see the difference between Lazarus and other programs.
Selecting another font doesn't seem to help. I remember something
about wine and fonts, something with licences, truetype, freetype,
etc. Anyway, is there a way to fix this? I don't think I can work for
15 minutes with this without getting a headache... (I have 0 knowledge
of Pascal right now, so doesn't matter that much)

It's Ubuntu Breezy, btw.

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Anonymous · 2006-02-09 01:38

The difference between Lazarus and the other things in your screen
shot is not font type but rather font anti-aliasing. The Lazarus stuff
is not using anti-aliasing and the Gimp is. As to why Lazarus doesn't
display anti-aliased, I don't know, mayby someone else can comment. My
preference is not to use anti-aliasing at all, because I find the
result is fuzzy, compared to a un-anti-aliased non-blocky looking font
like Arial or Helvetica at the right size.

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pch · 2006-02-09 07:06

The Gimp use Gtk2 but Lazarus default to Gtk1.
If you do nothing in Ubuntu you use the raw Gtk1 default theme.
Look for "smooth  theme" and "gtk theme switch" in Synaptic
(universe), install them for Gtk1.
Run "switch" to change the Gtk1 setting.
You can find a lot more of nice Gtk1 theme with a litttle googleling.

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Vincent Snijders · 2006-02-09 11:47

There is also this FAQ. Maybe it can help you.