Re: A question of fonts

From: andy <geek_show(at)dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 16:35:50 EDT

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 21:45:07 +0100, andy wrote:
>
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>>> This could also be a problem with your settings for font display rather
>>> than with the fonts themselves.
>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>>> Maybe you can post your font settings and we can have a look:
>>>
>>> awk '/fontconfig/,/^$/' /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
>>>
>>> xrdb -query | grep Xft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Florian
>>
>> Thanks for the image - a picture is worth ... and all that jazz. Certainly,
>> my font display is more like the image on the left.
>>
>
> To produce the ugly image I turned off all hinting and anitaliasing. I
> also enabled bitmap fonts which are normally disabled on my system. I
> normally use Bitstream Vera Sans or Deja Vu Sans as the user interface
> font.
>
>
>> In response to the awk string:
>>
>> Name: fontconfig/enable_bitmaps
>> Value: false
>>
>
> I think this is the correct choice.
>
>
>> Name: fontconfig/hinting_type
>> Value: Autohinter
>>
>
> Maybe you should try "Native" here. You can change these settings with
> "dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config". (There will be a dialog with
> multiple choices.) I think you have to restart X to see the effect of a
> changed setting.
>
>
>> Name: fontconfig/subpixel_rendering
>> Value: Always
>>
>
> That should be OK for LCD displays. If all else fails you could try
> "Never" or "Automatic".
>
>
>> And in response to xrdb -query:
>>
>> Xft.antialias: 1
>> Xft.dpi: 120.000000
>> Xft.hinting: 1
>> Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
>> Xft.rgba: none
>>
>
> Strange, those are exactly the Xft seetings which I used for the nice
> half of the picture. (Except for Xft.dpi, but that depends on the
> display of course.) If you get jagged fonts in this configuration, then
> maybe these settings are ignored for some reason. I know that some DEs
> can override these settings under certain conditions. Which DE or WM are
> you using and how do you start X? Also, if the file ".fonts.conf" exists
> in your home directory, can you post its contents?
>
>

Hi Florian

Output of the .fonts.conf file:

 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
   <const>none</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >

   true
  
 

 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >    <const>hintfull</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >

   true
  
 

</fontconfig>

I have yet to try changing fontconfig/hinting_type to "Native" but will when a decent reason to shut X down presents in terms of work flow.

Any thoughts on the conf file settings?

Cheers

Andy

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Received on Tue Jul 31 16:36:16 2007