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thechris
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 Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: ugly fonts |
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the fonts all appear to have a variable linewidth. eg, letters like N have two vertical lines, and one of these will be thick, the other thin. this is on 1080p. ubuntu doens't have this problem, only gentoo. happens on all fonts.
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A screenshot might help to identify the exact problem. Basically:
1. Are all fonts affected or only one? Which?
2. Is your (TFT?) monitor using its native resolution?
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this is on a tv, it is running at 1920x1080 (1080p). this is confirmed by the screen itself, which shows the current resolution. as mentioned, the issue isn't prevelent in kubuntu.
(edit, accidently said gnome)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Could be a problem with hinting. How's your fontconfig setup? Are you using autohinter? |
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| Use the xeffects ebuilds. They improve font rendering enormously. |
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thechris
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| trae wrote: | | Could be a problem with hinting. How's your fontconfig setup? Are you using autohinter? |
no idea. I am using kde at the moment. have never used fontconfig. kde fonts are fine, only firefox is tiny.
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| thechris wrote: | | trae wrote: | | Could be a problem with hinting. How's your fontconfig setup? Are you using autohinter? |
no idea. I am using kde at the moment. have never used fontconfig. kde fonts are fine, only firefox is tiny. |
Your DPI setting in about:config might be wrong. Search for dpi in about:config in firefox and set it to 0 (zero). That forces firefox to use the same DPI setting as the rest of the system.
Actually, I just found the setting name: layout.css.dpi
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Paapaa
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| Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| thechris wrote: | | no idea. I am using kde at the moment. have never used fontconfig. kde fonts are fine, only firefox is tiny. |
I want to repeat this:
1. Are all fonts affected or only some? (And now we know that only in FF)
And still, a screenshot would tell us more than 10 messages 
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| Another thing to consider, given the apparent scope of the problem, could it be a problem with Pango? |
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thechris
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problem has been solved by setting the size and dpi in about:config in firefox, as well as emerging gtk-engines-qt, which puts a gtk settings panel in the kde control panel. now mostly everything is ok. the only issue is a 1 pixel argument on the scroll bar -- there is a black line on the side that sometimes shows up and sometimes doesn't. not a big issue. "full hinting" in the AA settings in KDE fixed the other font issue with the multiple linewidths.
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| yabbadabbadont wrote: |
Your DPI setting in about:config might be wrong. Search for dpi in about:config in firefox and set it to 0 (zero). That forces firefox to use the same DPI setting as the rest of the system.
Actually, I just found the setting name: layout.css.dpi |
The same happened in my case for thunderbird2 also. I applied the same setting in
.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default/user.js:
| Code: | | user_pref("layout.css.dpi", 0) |
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