font display is not smooth, very jagged looking

sangweb · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

My images on kde desktop looks fine but the font display is very jagged looking, especially when browsing the web. I am running PS3 with my Sony LCD on 720p (60hz). Is there a way to ajust the font display? Thanks.

M1Sports20 · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:57 am Post subject:

I am just wondering are you using truetype fonts. Was X and other applications compiled with it

sangweb · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

asong26 · n00b Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 47

First,

Go into your Control Center, and adjust click on anti-aliasing on the fonts. I don't remember exactly how to get there, but this screen comes up during the initial setup of KDE when you first log on right after the install.

I basically set everything to max, except for the large icons, which I disabled.

Then launch firefox, and under preference, click on contents. Here, you can change your fonts. I get great results wiht sans serif.

You might consider changing the system fonts to san serif as well. It works pretty well.

But the WM that looks the best in my opinion is XFCE. Every text, graphics are just so clear and smooth. Not to mention better performance. I have everything installed (KDE, GNOME, fluxbox and XFCE). I just use XFCE and access KDE and GNOME apps from XFCE. It really works out nice this way with less memory requirements. You can even feel the difference as how the mouse cursor moves around. On XFCE, it super smooth, just like my Windows PC.

sangweb · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

I'll installed XFCE tonight and I'll let you know what the result is. I didn't know you can run KDE and Gnome apps from XFCE, I can't wait to play around with it...

dhave · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject:

I've used some of these suggestions with good results.

Also, if you go with XFCE, try:

Settings / User Interface Preferences / Font Rendering / Use sub-pixel hinting: Vertical RGB

Also see that anti-aliasing and full hinting are checked.

A good interface font in XFCE is DejaVu SansCondensed, 12.
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sangweb · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

Ok, I have installed Gnome and XFCE and they both looks better than KDE but still not as smooth comparing to Windows, may be it's just the hardware. I think I'll try to install Fedora to see any improvement. Thanks for all the suggestions.