KDE appearance...

[John Inkpen]

On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 01:17, 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
> 
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G'day, As mentioned in other posts, anti-aliasing should help and you
can select the fonts you want. As for Mandrake, stick with Redhat, you
already have it. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

Cheers


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