[kde-linux] Konqueror font render

[Rod Butcher]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 22:13 -0700, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Barbaros Yildirim wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > When I open up www.google.com with Konqueror, the search buttons ("Google
> > Search" and "I'm feeling lucky") and typing area (abcd... see the picture) fonts
> > do not look clear. I put a picture at
> > http://imageigloo.com/images/4093konqueror_font.jpg comparing Konqueror with
> > Firefox. Firefox's font render looks clearer than Konqueror. What may cause
> > this? Is it fixable?
I've had this problem with Konqueror, and it turned out I hadn't
compiled it to use fontconfig. Without fontconfig fonts are not
correctly formed. 
Rod
> 
> While it is true that Firefox uses XFT and KDE uses FreeType, I doubt 
> that that is the problem.
> 
> First, do you have Anti-Aliasing turned on in KDE.  In the Control Center:
> 
> 	Appearance & Themes -> Fonts
> 
> Check the box: "Use anti-aliasing for fonts"
>