gtk2 fonts: still ugly

[Derek Broughton]

Dexter Filmore wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 15:17:50 Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Dexter Filmore wrote:
>> > So I set KDE to use the same font for gtk2 as for KDE. Namely that's
>> > DejaVu Sans 9. I got a 19" CRT and forced KDE via kcontrol to assume 96
>> > DPI. Still while the fonts look *similar*, they don't match. I suspect
>> > a hinting thing.
>>
>> Why are you forcing 96DPI?  It's my understanding that letting X
>> calculate the DPI will get you better fonts.
> 
> Actually most fonts are optimized to work best at 96 DPI. 

That may be true, however, aiui it's not a good idea to override X's
calculations.

> Back on topic: 

It _was_ on topic.  I'm saying I think you'll see the problem go away if you
stop overriding the calculated DPI.
-- 
derek