KDE appearance...

[Dan Stone]

On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 18:17, Brad wrote:
> Can anyone shed any light on why KDE looks so bad compared to Windoze? The KDE  
> fonts are really rough and difficult to read, particularly when they are 
> small. I don't know that it is just just the lack of True Type fonts 
> (although this is probably a contributing factor) as I have installed a whole 
> bunch of Windows TTFs and it has made little difference. Perhaps there is 
> more to do after they are installed?
> 
> I am trying to get Red Hat 7.3 installed at my work to replace our network of 
> aging Win95 PCs, but I just _know_ that as soon as the staff see the terrible 
> fonts that they will reject it out of hand.
> 
> I am evaluating Galeon, OpenOffice 1.0 and Evolution as that is all most of 
> our office will need, but the appearance compared to IE, MS Office and 
> Outlook is terrible.
> 
> Can anyone offer any information/advice/website that will help me to get them 
> a Windows-quality display?
> 
> Regards,
> Brad
> Brisbane, Australia
> 
One thing you may want to try (that isn't enabled by default) is font
anti-aliasing;  to turn that on, go to kcontrol->look&feel->fonts, and
check the box labled "Use Anti-Aliasing for fonts".  That will smooth
the jagged edges on fonts.  Other than that, I can't think of anything
that would make it look 'terrible'...what font(s) are you using as the
defaults currently?

~D.A. Stone

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