Solved Finally - Re: Not Solved e: Solved Re: Horrible fonts 11.10

[Nigel Ridley]

On 03/15/2012 11:55 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
> 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.
>

YES! Sorry for shouting but that finally did it :-)
I renamed the ~/.fonts.conf and ~/.kderc, letting the system create new ones on a new login. Now 
everything is looking crisp and clean again :-) :-)

Nigel