Text Display Issue

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 22:17 -0700, Steven Grace wrote:
> On 10/15/2012 09:23 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Steven Grace <sgrace at pobox.com
> > <mailto:sgrace at pobox.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I just installed Ubuntu Studio 12.04 and have an issue with the way
> >     text displays. The text is not sharp and some pixels have a pinkish
> >     cast.
> >
> >     The best illustration of the latter is to open Terminal. Assuming
> >     the default colors (white on black), the vertical bar character (|)
> >     displays as pink.
> >
> >     I've reproduced this using the live DVD on two computers.
> >
> >     Both of the computers in question run Xubuntu 12.04 (which Ubuntu
> >     Studio seems to be based on) and text looks great there.
> >
> >     Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks.
> >
> > i havent noticed that.. would you mind to get some screenshots and put
> > them in imagebin or somewhere... also, keep in mind you can use whatever
> > from ubuntu studio you would like to use with the xubuntu desktop. you
> > can install xubuntu and add to that any or all of the ubuntustudio
> > metapackages, or just the audio/video/graphics applications you need.
> > OR, you can just install the xubuntu-desktop in ubuntustudio and boot
> > the xubuntu session instead of the ubuntustudio one if you prefer it...
> > thanks
> 
> Here's a link to some screen shots I took: http://imagebin.org/232123
> 
> Unfortunately these images don't capture how bad the text really looks. 
> They do show the color issue, though. I now see that it's not just pink 
> -- there are other colors as well.
> 
> Thanks.

App menu > Settings > Setting Manager > Appearance > Fonts
> Sub-pixel order

For my CRT I use
[x] Enable anti-aliasing
Hinting: Medium
Sub-pixel order: RGB
DPI: 95

But the culprit in your case should be the Sub-pixel order.

Regards,
Ralf