my fonts are not sharp as in windows

[DrJ]

I think which fonts look better is a matter of personal taste. Anti-aliased and smoothed fonts are less sharp, but one does not see the pixels that one would otherwise see. I personally prefer the anti-aliased ones, but obviously others disagree.

DrJ

[Charles]

I think it's not a matter of aliased or anti-aliased, it's a matter of which one is better for certain fonts. I have posted a message on the BSD Forums regarding this issue.

There are fonts at certain sizes that look better aliased, and others that look better antialiased at other sizes.

Here's a ~/.fonts.conf file that defines these rules pretty much the same way as on Windows. I think for instance that Verdana 11px looks better aliased, and Times New Roman 22px looks better anti-aliased.

[Dingens]

did i understand it right, that when i copy this file to /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts/fonts.conf then my fonts looks better?

[Dingens]

or to /usr/compat/linux/etc/fonts/fonts.conf or both places?

edit:

YES this is definetly what i mean

but where to copy this file?

[Charles]

Here's the name of the file: ~/.fonts.conf, when there is ~, it means the home directory, so if your home directory is /home/manfred, then copy this file there, and rename it with a "." in front of it so that it's a hidden file and X.org catches it

[Dingens]

i've put it in my home dir and name it "/home/manfred/.fonts.conf" but nothing happenend. and renaming it to a.fonts.conf ? didn't match to. what did i wrong?

[Charles]

Maybe you forgot to change the name of the fonts in the K Control Center.. Also, you need to turn off anti-aliasing there too

[Dingens]

no, it's already done.



edit:

i did a restart, too!

[Dingens]

anyone an idea? i could make another screenshots or post conf files...

i definetly want this kind of sharp fonts

[Charles]

Could you tell me what shows up with:

ls -a ~