Not Solved e: Solved Re: Horrible fonts 11.10

[Clay Weber]

On Thursday, March 15, 2012 05:45:46 PM Nigel Ridley wrote:
> On 03/15/2012 04:25 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
> > On 15 Mar 2012, at 14:20, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >> On 03/15/2012 01:47 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >>> On 15/03/12 06:02, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >>>> On 03/14/2012 05:31 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >>>>> On 03/14/2012 04:57 PM, Isak Enström wrote:
> >>>>>> Den 14 mars 2012 11:53 skrev Nigel 
Ridley<nigel at prayingforisrael.net>:
> >>>>>>> Running 11.10
> >>>>>>> Don't really know why I did it but I went into System Setting>
> >>>>>>> Application Appearance>  Fonts and changed the option 'Use
> >>>>>>> anti_aliasing:'
> >>>>>>> from 'System Settings' to 'Enabled' and then clicked on the
> >>>>>>> 'Configure'
> >>>>>>> button and checked 'Use sub-pixel rendering:'RGB' and then chose
> >>>>>>> 'Hinting
> >>>>>>> style:' 'Medium'. Clicked 'OK' and then 'Apply'.
> >>>>>>> Then the fonts looked ugly in newly opened apps. I then went back
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> returned the font setting to how they were to begin with: 'Use
> >>>>>>> anti_aliasing:' 'System Settings'. But still the fonts looked the
> >>>>>>> same :-(
> >>>>>>> No matter what I tried to change the fonts still are ugly.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> What can I do to get back my nice looking fonts?
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Nigel
> >>>>>>> 
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> >>>>>> Try deleting/renaming /home/<username>/.fonts.conf
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> ~~
> >>>>>> Isak
> >>>>>> __
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> >>>>> 
> >>>>> That did the trick - Thank you :-)
> >>>>> I was actually .fontconfig
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Nigel
> >>>> 
> >>>> I thought it was solved - the fonts looked much better than before but
> >>>> they are still not crisp. The only thing I could find in .kde was
> >>>> .kde/share/config/kcmfonts: [General]
> >>>> dontChangeAASettings=true
> >>>> forceFontDPI=0
> >>>> 
> >>>> So where else might the settings be?
> >>>> I suppose I could put up with them and wait until a clean install of
> >>>> 12.04
> >>>> 
> >>>> Nigel
> >>> 
> >>> You don't mention on what hardware you are having this problem - a
> >>> desktop with XXXXX monitor (where XXXX is a CRT or an LCD, which make
> >>> and at what resolution) or is on a laptop.
> >>> 
> >>> You also don't mention what video you are using - nVidia or Radeon, on
> >>> board the mobo or as a separate video card - and whether you have the
> >>> *proper* driver installed or still using the default driver.
> >>> 
> >>> Nor do you mention which fonts you are using. I mention this because
> >>> there are fonts specially designed for printers and those designed for
> >>> use for displaying text on monitors.
> >>> 
> >>> The other thing, if you want to see decent fonts you do need to enable
> >>> anti-aliasing with sub-pixel rendering -provided that you have the
> >>> proper video driver installed and you monitor is capable of doing this.
> >>> 
> >>> BC
> >> 
> >> It is on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with Intel onboard graphics. But non
> >> of that is really important as the fonts were wonderful before I changed
> >> the settings and now changing the settings back to the way they were
> >> still leaves the fonts not as they were. The point of all this is: How
> >> does one get back the original settings that come with a default install
> >> after having played with the settings and messed them up?
> >> 
> >> I shall create another user account and see if the fonts are clean - if
> >> they are then I shall try and find the config file and copy it over to
> >> my account.> 
> > Nigel,
> > 
> > It has occurred to me that I vaguely recall there is some kind of cacheing
> > going on which complicates matters. I think what might help is to set
> > your settings back as they were and change the font. Then log out, log
> > back in, and change the font back to the original font without altering
> > the other settings. I think that usually works for me.
> > 
> > Mark
> 
> Nope. That didn't do it.
> After I created a new account and logged into it the fonts were great but I
> couldn't find any config file that contained anything to do with fonts.
> Logging out and renaming .kde to .kdesomething_else from a tty then logging
> back into a fresh new .kde also didn't help - the fonts were still not
> clean and sharp. So the config file is not in .kde. My next try will be to
> make a backup of all my stuff and wipe my home folder of everything and
> rebuild it back to what it was -- what a pain..... :-(
> 
> Nigel
> 
> >> Nigel
> >> 
> >> 
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Have you looked at your ~/.fonts.conf and ~/.fontconfig? That may be a place to 
start. If  you have a ~/.kderc that may have some font selections in there as 
well.

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Clay Weber
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