23-12-2006 Jelle de Jong problem different font look between xfce, firefox, openoffice. Use these commands to compare your new and old settings xdpyinfo |grep resolution xrdb -q |grep Xft xdpyinfo |grep resolution resolution: 95x96 dots per inch xrdb -q |grep Xft Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.rgba: rgb -------------------------------- 1 - Remove old config file's: rm ~/.config/xfce4/Xft* 2 - Create new settings: Menu -> Settings -> User Interface Preferences Font Rendering: RECHECK all checkboxen with these settings: Use anti-aliasing for fonts Use hinting: Full Use sub-pixel hinting: RGB 3 - Go to mousepad ~/.config/xfce4/Xft.xrdb And paste in the last line: Xft.dpi: 96 (always leave a emty line) Looks now like this: Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.rgba: rgb Xft.dpi: 96 Save and exit the Xft.xrdb file 4 - Edit xorg sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf And paste in under Section "Files" (if it’s not there alread): FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi" Looks now like this: Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection 5 - Edit xorg add the DisplaySize property to the Monitor Section sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf Go to Section "Monitor" Calculate the wanted DisplaySize: My resolution is 1440x900 pixelwidth = 1440 pixelheigth = 900 dpi = 96 formula = pixelwidth/dpi*25.4 and pixelheight/dpi*25.4 1440/96*25.4 and 900/96*25.4 = DisplaySize 381 238.125 Put this line in the Section "Monitor" Mine now looks like this: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" Modeline "1440x900" 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -Hsync +Vsync DisplaySize 381 238.125 HorizSync 30-81 VertRefresh 56-75 EndSection Save and exit the xorg.conf file Restart the system. Tips: 1 - You can also test to use 100 dpi everywere 2 - If openoffice gives you a hard time remove (removes al you openoffice settings) rm ~/.openoffice.org2 3- Use these commands to compare your new and old settings xdpyinfo |grep resolution xrdb -q |grep Xft