Windows typography reproduction

[Jan Morén]

Go to menu->desktop->preferences->font and turn off antialiasing.

If you think hinting is wrong, try putting this in ~/.fonts.conf :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="font">
    <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
        <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

It may (or may not) improve things for you; taste differs.


tis 2004-12-07 klockan 23:00 +0100 skrev Horst Schlonz:
> Am Montag, den 06.12.2004, 15:33 -0500 schrieb volvoguy:
> > I've have to see a screenshot of what you're talking about. One man's
> > ugly is another man's beauty. :o) 
> 
> ok, this is what i mean: http://free.pages.at/headroom/Screenshots.png
> upper left: ubuntu  with ugly non-antialiased tahoma
> lower left: windows with acceptable non-antialiased tahoma
> upper right: ubuntu  with ugly antialiased tahoma
> lower right: windows with acceptable antialiased tahoma
> 
> > Usually people WANT the smoothing
> > stuff.
> > 
> 
> sorry, but this is (imho) mental masturbation. seriously WORKING people
> want the lower left thing. and so am i.
> 
> 
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