Hi, I'm trying Xubuntu 12.04 beta 2, it is not bad, but I don't like the font rendering.
In ubuntu 10.10 the fonts looks great! How can i use the gnome/ubuntu font rendering in Xubuntu?
Hi, I'm trying Xubuntu 12.04 beta 2, it is not bad, but I don't like the font rendering.
In ubuntu 10.10 the fonts looks great! How can i use the gnome/ubuntu font rendering in Xubuntu?
I have been putting serious work into making Xubuntu 12.04 look exactly like Ubuntu Classic. I'll give you just the font changes that I made since you aren't looking for the complete overhaul I did.
Settings --> Settings Manager --> Appearance --> Font Tab
*Change default font to Ubuntu 11
*Enable anti-aliasing
*I prefer 96 DPI. (You may prefer something different.)
Settings --> Settings Manager --> Window Manager --> Style Tab
*Change title font to Ubuntu Bold 11
I hope this helps. Enjoy!
I have already tried those step, but the font looks different! It looks "wider" in xfce..
You can try enabling hinting. I don't really like it, but it does seem to make them skinnier.
(@school atm so can't check, but I think hinting is the right option)
i have tried everything, I think I need to patch libcairo2 or something like this..
Well... I've solved part of it by copying over the contents of the etc/fonts/* directory from an 11.04 Xubuntu install on a separate partition. However, font rendering remains in serious need of font smoothing. Any ideas? Anti-aliasing only gets me half-way there.
Also, I installed the Unity desktop via terminal, as a hail-mary, but the option to start up unity doesn't appear in the Xubuntu "greeter" - is it GDM now? What's up with that? How do I fix it?
Xubuntu uses lightdm now as well. You need to have a desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions for an option to appear at login. According to my ubuntu precise install in virtualbox, there is an ubuntu.desktop file there with the following contents:
Try creating that file and restarting lightdm to see if it shows up.Code:[Desktop Entry] Name=Ubuntu Comment=This session logs you into Ubuntu Exec=gnome-session --session=ubuntu TryExec=unity Icon= Type=Application X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-session-3.0
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