GNOME terminal prints letters blurry in Hardy

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Mon Sep 8 13:03:34 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 08:33 +0200, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> 2008/9/8 Steve Lamb <grey at dmiyu.org>:
> 
> >    Hinting = sub-pixel hinting.  This is probably what you're seeing.  Try
> > turning that off.
> 
> No, I confirm that Gnome Terminal has more blurry letters than
> everything else, as if hinting was turned off. And it does not use
> subpixel rendering even if it is turned on.

Did you perchance install a new font set that contains a monospace font?

Specifically, if you've installed the ttf-georgewilliams package, you
will see a problem very like the one you are describing.

Regards, K.

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