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Post subject: [SOLVED] Ragged fonts after XServer upgrade
 Posted: 07.10.2013, 11:46
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I do not like aliased fonts so I deactivated it in the systemsettings. I head wonderful clear fonts for years but since the latest XServer upgrade they are ragged. I had this problem in the beginning, dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config helped then but now not any more.
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Last edited by Superdigi on 14.11.2013, 11:09; edited 1 time in total
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Post subject: RE: Ragged fonts after XServer upgrade
Posted: 07.10.2013, 16:04
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I haven't done a DU for over a week. Are you referring to the update of the x11-common and xserver-xorg packages? In the past (perhpas not on aptosid) libfreetype6 was the culprit as the bytecode interpreter and subpixel hinting were not always enabled. There were pattern issue, which now do not apply.
Like you, I prefer not to use AA fonts below 12pt. So I have AA enabled in the KDE settings and set an exclude range of 0 to 12pt. Can you use this method to get the fonts you want? Or do they still remain "ragged".
I won't do another DU until there is more feedback on this issue. |
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Superdigi
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Post subject: RE: Ragged fonts after XServer upgrade
Posted: 08.10.2013, 12:58
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Post subject: RE: Ragged fonts after XServer upgrade
Posted: 09.10.2013, 02:09
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Might be time to have a look around at some of the new fonts that are available.
I'm using Droid Sans and I'm quite happy with it. It's a font designed for computer screens (handheld specifically) but it works very well for desktop too.
Here's a clip from apt-get show fonts-droid:
The Droid family of fonts consists of Droid Sans (Regular and Bold),
Droid Sans Mono (Regular) and Droid Serif (Regular, Bold, Italic and
BoldItalic).
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Each contains extensive character set coverage including
Western Europe, Eastern/Central Europe, Baltic, Cyrillic, Greek and
Turkish support. The Droid Sans regular font also includes support for
Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean and
Thai.
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Droid was designed by Ascender's Steve Matteson and hinted to provide
optimal quality for screen text.
Code:
apt-get install fonts-droid
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bluewater
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Posted: 09.10.2013, 11:01
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Superdigi :: A d-u on both 32 and 64 bit boxes is not seeing the problems mentioned as at a d-u at 1030 UTC using ftp.uk.
An earlier d-u may have been missing some packages that have since been upgraded thus nullifying the problem that you have with ragged fonts. |
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krisbee
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Posted: 10.10.2013, 14:34
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| As per bluewater, no font issue after a D-U today. 64bit system with nvidia 313.26 & KDE |
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Superdigi
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Posted: 15.10.2013, 15:30
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I think we should not discuss too much the dist-upgrade. What I wanted to say is: Everything was fine until I did a dist-upgrade. Since then the fonts in GTK-Applications like Firefox look ragged.
What do I have to do to get back my sharp and anti-aliased fonts in GTK Applications? |
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etorix
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Posted: 15.10.2013, 18:24
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i found some fonts in browsers did look ragged recently
they have all recovered now, i aint seen it since weeks
are u dist-upgraded to current actual? |
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Superdigi
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Post subject: gtk-qt-engine-kde4
Posted: 21.10.2013, 19:18
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I have a clue. Originally I did this to get sharp not aliased fonts in GTK-Applications:
Quote:
# At first open konsole and type there:
sudo aptitude install gtk-qt-engine-kde4 kwin-style-qtcurve kde-style-qtcurve gtk2-engines-qtcurve
# Configure KDE. Open: K menu - System settings - Appearance. Choose GTK styles and fonts tab, and select there:
KDE4 GTK Styles and fonts
* GTK styles: Use another style: QtCurve
* GTK fonts: Use my KDE fonts in GTK applications
# Click Apply and reboot system.
When I want to install gtk-qt-engine-kde4 I now get
Code:
E: Paket gtk-qt-engine-kde4 kann nicht gefunden werden.
Does someone know how I can get it to work again? |
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hubi
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Post subject: RE: gtk-qt-engine-kde4
Posted: 21.10.2013, 21:10
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Post subject: RE: gtk-qt-engine-kde4
Posted: 23.10.2013, 07:04
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| Thanks hubi. But kde-config-gtk-style is already installed and it does not work. |
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Post subject: RE: gtk-qt-engine-kde4
Posted: 30.10.2013, 12:16
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Code:
apt-get remove --purge kde-style-qtcurve kwin-style-qtcurve
and see if the problem still exists |
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Superdigi
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Post subject: Problem solved
Posted: 14.11.2013, 11:12
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It works now. I had to do this:
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
# and then:
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# - Native
# - Automatic
# - Yes
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