HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. - Page 20

Anthony T.

wow nice, it works

kamiokande

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawitp

The preferred way to do this on gutsy is:

Code:

sudo ln -sf /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

Thanks for the tip. It works really well on my desktop and most applications. However, I noticed that the fonts on some areas of the Ubuntu forums are now warped! Has anyone had this happen before?

(check out the red font on the right)

RavUn

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamiokande

Thanks for the tip. It works really well on my desktop and most applications. However, I noticed that the fonts on some areas of the Ubuntu forums are now warped! Has anyone had this happen before?

(check out the red font on the right)

That's happened to me one time before. It was REAL bad... I restarted firefox and it was fine and hasn't happened since. I had a lot of processes running and my CPU was at 100% so I don't know if that had something to do with it.

kamiokande

Quote:

Originally Posted by RavUn

That's happened to me one time before. It was REAL bad... I restarted firefox and it was fine and hasn't happened since. I had a lot of processes running and my CPU was at 100% so I don't know if that had something to do with it.

Yea, after coming back to the site a few times, I've noticed it only happens on some occasions. Strange. I'll consider my CPU usage the next time it happens.

jarrhed

The best guide is the one on UbuntuSite.com, it gives fonts that are just as good as Windows and maybe even better

dulus

Here is guide too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...font+rendering

kamitsukai

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawitp

The preferred way to do this on gutsy is:

Code:

sudo ln -sf /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

Oh yer yummy fonts

aZn137

uh-oh. i dont like the new look. how do you undo the change??

thegizmoguy

It's better but still doesn't look quite right (rocking the ms xp and vista fonts). If you look at the Brainstorm section I believe the font fix one has +1600.

gakudva

Wow! ".fonts.conf" in home directory works like charm

I have this setup since few hours now... and I am still drooling over the great looking fonts in my firefox.

thanks so much
best regards, Ganesh

August 2nd, 2008	#191
Anthony T. First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Aug 2008 Beans: 9	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. wow nice, it works

August 8th, 2008	#195
jarrhed 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Dec 2007 Beans: 25	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. The best guide is the one on UbuntuSite.com, it gives fonts that are just as good as Windows and maybe even better

August 19th, 2008	#196
dulus First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: May 2007 Beans: 7	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. Here is guide too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...font+rendering

September 19th, 2008	#198
aZn137 First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: May 2007 Beans: 4	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. uh-oh. i dont like the new look. how do you undo the change??

December 9th, 2008	#199
thegizmoguy Spilled the Beans Join Date: Dec 2008 Beans: 13	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. It's better but still doesn't look quite right (rocking the ms xp and vista fonts). If you look at the Brainstorm section I believe the font fix one has +1600.

December 27th, 2008	#200
gakudva First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore, India Beans: 10 Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Re: HOWTO: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. Wow! ".fonts.conf" in home directory works like charm I have this setup since few hours now... and I am still drooling over the great looking fonts in my firefox. thanks so much best regards, Ganesh

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