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dman777
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 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:38 pm Post subject: 100dpi version of bitstream font not showing in font config? |
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I got new monitor that has a 109 ppi. I emerged media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi but it does not show up in eselect fontconfig list. Why is that and how do I activate it so I can have my urxvt use it in .Xdefaults?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Wait...
'eselect fontconfig list' was NOT made to select or activate fonts.
You can use 'eselect fontconfig' to set font and rendering properties, to select defaults fonts or to tweak some fonts. But most fonts will never appear in 'eselect fontconfig list'. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:12 am Post subject: |
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oh...ok. What would I put in my .Xdefaults to make urxvt use the 100dpi of media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi and not the lesser dpi versions?
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mike155
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:22 am Post subject: |
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media-fonts/font-bitstream installs bitmap fonts.
Most people try to avoid bitmap fonts - and prefer Truetype or Opentype fonts nowadays. But if you really want bitmap fonts....
emerge rxvt-unicode WITH USE flag 'xft' and add the line below to your .Xdefaults:
| Code: | | URxvt.font: xft:bitstream terminal |
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Actually, the only font that ever looks proper on my system is the kernel 6x13 font. But now that I am getting bigger monitors that font is to small. When I go up in kernel font sizes in the kernel fonts they do not look good.
Are you using eselect infinality configs for your truetype fonts?
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:45 am Post subject: |
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6x13? That's again a bitmap font! 6x13 is nice - but we used it 25 years ago, when the typical screen resolution was 1024x768 pixels and CRT tubes provided some kind of built-in anti-aliasing. 
You really should upgrade to TrueType / OpenType!
I have never used infinality.
I use "Konsole" as terminal, my terminal font is "Source Code Pro" and I use the settings below:
| Code: | <match target="font">
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintslight</const></edit>
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>none</const></edit>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
</match>
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dman777
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Just to confirm, that should go into /etc/fonts/local.conf, correct? Right now I don't have one even though I have local 51-local.conf * configured in fontconfig.
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There are two different ways:
- Run 'eselect fontconfig list' and 'eselect fontconfig enable/disable' to enable or disable options like '10-hinting-slight.conf'. Make sure not to enable multiple contradictory options.
- Write it to /etc/fonts/local.conf. Disable all related options in 'eselect fontconfig list' and enable '51-local.conf'.
I use the second method. On my machine, the fontconfig options below are enabled:
- 45-generic.conf *
- 50-user.conf *
- 51-local.conf *
- 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf *
- 60-generic.conf *
Everything else is disabled. Below is my /etc/fonts/local.conf:
| Code: | <?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>
<!-- Global settings -->
<match target="font">
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintslight</const></edit>
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>none</const></edit>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
</match>
<!-- Monitor resolution -->
<match target="pattern">
<edit name="dpi" mode="assign">
<double>96</double>
</edit>
</match>
<!-- Disable Autohinting for bold fonts -->
<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
<!-- Disable Anti Aliasing for small fonts -->
<match target="font">
<test name="size" compare="less" qual="any"><double>8</double></test>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less" qual="any"><double>9</double></test>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
<!-- Disable embedded Bitmaps: beautifies Calibri, for instance -->
<match target="font">
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
<!-- Redefine ugly Fonts -->
<match target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any"><string>Helvetica</string></test>
<edit mode="assign" name="family"><string>Arial</string></edit>
</match>
</fontconfig> |
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dman777
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Thank you... before I add that.... For my browser....do you know what would be causing this roboto font to look so broken in chrome?
https://imgur.com/P9APmt3 ....the t is real far away from the o
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localhost /home/one # eselect fontconfig list
Available fontconfig .conf files (* is enabled):
[1] 10-autohint.conf
[2] 10-hinting-full.conf
[3] 10-hinting-medium.conf
[4] 10-hinting-none.conf
[5] 10-hinting-slight.conf
[6] 10-no-sub-pixel.conf
[7] 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf *
[8] 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
[9] 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf *
[10] 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
[11] 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
[12] 10-unhinted.conf
[13] 11-lcdfilter-default.conf *
[14] 11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
[15] 11-lcdfilter-light.conf
[16] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
[17] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
[18] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
[19] 20-unhint-small-vera.conf *
[20] 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
[21] 30-metric-aliases.conf *
[22] 40-nonlatin.conf *
[23] 45-generic.conf *
[24] 45-latin.conf *
[25] 49-sansserif.conf *
[26] 50-user.conf *
[27] 51-local.conf *
[28] 52-infinality.conf
[29] 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf *
[30] 57-dejavu-sans.conf *
[31] 57-dejavu-serif.conf *
[32] 59-google-droid-sans-mono.conf *
[33] 59-google-droid-sans.conf *
[34] 59-google-droid-serif.conf *
[35] 60-generic.conf *
[36] 60-latin.conf *
[37] 60-liberation.conf *
[38] 62-croscore-arimo.conf
[39] 62-croscore-cousine.conf
[40] 62-croscore-symbolneu.conf
[41] 62-croscore-tinos.conf
[42] 63-source-pro.conf *
[43] 65-fonts-persian.conf *
[44] 65-khmer.conf
[45] 65-nonlatin.conf *
[46] 69-unifont.conf *
[47] 70-no-bitmaps.conf
[48] 70-yes-bitmaps.conf
[49] 75-yes-terminus.conf
[50] 80-delicious.conf
[51] 90-roboto-regular.conf *
[52] 90-synthetic.conf *
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