Hoary fonts

[marvel]

thully at umich.edu Wrote: 
> I have a few suggestions with regards to the font defaults in Hoary.  I
> tend
> to be a nitpicker with fonts, so be forewarned.
> 
Me too ;-)

thully at umich.edu Wrote: 
> First of all, autohinter is currently disabled by default in
> /etc/fonts/local.conf.  Could this be enabled for Latin-script fonts? 
> I have a
> feeling that the vast majority of users would find that autohinter
> makes fonts
> look much better.
> 
Hmm... I've tried autohinter with Central European fonts (Polish), and
the results are not very satisfactioning. National characters look
awful :( So I think that's why it's off by default.

thully at umich.edu Wrote: 
> Secondly, in Firefox I've found that serif fonts are used excessively
> where sans
> serif fonts should be used, and where sans serif fonts would look much
> better
> (one example of this is on Slashdot).  Could defaults be changed to use
> sans
> serif fonts, as opposed to serif fonts, in instances where
> Arial/Helvetica are
> requested (as is the case on Slashdot)?  I find Bitstream Vera Sans
> looks much
> better than the serif font (don't know which one) Firefox tends to use
> on
> Slashdot.
Did you download the msttcorefonts package?


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