FONTS on KDE

[Jeff Elkins]

>That's all ! (maybe ... That's a resume, and I could forget some points).
> Not very simple, I agree, but the results on my PC are *very* good !

Gosh, Phillipe, I wish I could say the same. After upgrading to 3.1.1 under 
Debian sid, my fonts have gone to hell. Nothing looks right yet.

And I was hoping that the upgrade would allow kmail to change fonts, but it's 
still stuck with butt-ugly courier fonts, no matter what's selected.

Jeff Elkins




On Wednesday 26 March 2003 2:42 am, Philippe Hemmel wrote:
>That's a long story !
>
>Check this list (I have  mdk 9.0 distro, so some of these advices may be
>adapted regarding of your distro).
>
>Your graphic must have the RENDER option. Check that 'xdpyinfo | grep -c -i
> - render' return 1
>The fonts directories have to be in the fs (Font Server) config file (for me
>in etc/X11/fs/config).
>If you're not using xft2 (as mdk 9.0, but RH 8 uses xft2), the xft config
> file has to list the directories of type 1 (postscript) fonts and true type
> (ttf) fonts (/etc/X11/XftConfig).
>The font anti aliasing must be On in KDE ! Check in the control centre, look
> n feel / fonts, there is a box for this option.
>Check the version of your freetype2 library : the common 2.0.9 version is
> not so good, replace it by the 2.1.3, so much better.
>Try a ttf font instead of a bitmap font for the KDE objects (still in look n
>feel / fonts). The Luxi family is good, and the standard MS fonts even
>better.
>
>And now Mozilla ! It doesn't use xft, and has its own config file. Change
>these lines in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2/defaults/pref/unix.js (adapt it if
> needed !).
>
>// TrueType
>pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true);
>pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6");
>// if libfreetype was built without hinting compiled in
>// it is best to leave hinting off
>pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", true); // good with freetype 2.1.3
>pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false);
>// below a certian pixel size anti-aliased fonts produce poor results
>pref("font.antialias.min",        10);
>pref("font.embedded_bitmaps.max", 1000000);
>pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min", 64);
>pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain", "0.8");
>// sample prefs for TrueType font dirs
>pref("font.directory.truetype.1", "your ttf fonts directory 1");
>pref("font.directory.truetype.2", "your ttf fonts directory 2");
>//pref("font.directory.truetype.3", "/u/sam/tt_font3");
>
>And then select fonts in Mozilla beginning with a uppercase !
>
>That's all ! (maybe ... That's a resume, and I could forget some points).
> Not very simple, I agree, but the results on my PC are *very* good !
>
>Philippe
>
>Le Mardi 25 Mars 2003 21:35, Luciano Moreira - ig a écrit :
>> Extending original question:
>>
>> PLEASE, Can you ALL explain better about fonts on X ?  I'm very much
>> confused
>> I and my friends have the following problems with fonts:
>>
>> MAIN QUESTION:
>> Why usually KDE fonts have bad look (they're very bold and have
>> non-regular look) ?
>>
>> OTHERS (main questions):
>> How and where it is installed ? (any etc file ?)
>> What are they names ? (commom names)
>> What is the apps usually used to manage fonts ?
>>
>> Thank you very much for anything that help us,
>>
>> Luciano
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Richard Tyrer" <tyrerj at acm.org>
>> To: <kde at mail.kde.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [kde] How to make Mozilla fonts available to Kate?
>>
>> > T KDE wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > > I'm using Mozilla 1.0.1, it has some really interesting fonts (e.g.
>> > > Verdana). My question is, how can I make them available to KDE
>> > > applications, such as Kate?
>> >
>> > Duh?
>> >
>> > AFAIK, Mozilla doesn't have fonts.  The Mozilla fonts package is only
>> > bit
>>
>> mapped Courier,
>>
>> > Helvetica, & Times.  Verdana is a MicroSoft TrueType font.
>> >
>> > Therefore, I suggest that we start with a new question.
>> >
>> > Whatever the question is that all fonts properly installed in X11 should
>>
>> be available to KDE,
>>
>> > unless you have FontConfig installed, in which case they have to be in a
>>
>> directory that
>>
>> > FontConfig can find.
>> >
>> > --
>> > JRT
>> >
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