[CentOS] my fonts look horrible (centos5.3/xfce)
Johnny Hughes
johnny at centos.org
Fri Aug 28 08:32:37 UTC 2009
Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote:
>
>> rpm -ivh http://repo.lastdot.org/tmp/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
>> service xfs restart
>> Restart your application..
>> Is it working now?
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>
> I removed my msttcorefonts pkg and installed yours.. no difference.
>
> I rebuilt freetype again just for good measure.. nothing.
>
> Now I somehow did manage somewhere along the line to make the fonts look
> a little better. But I still think they look horrible.
>
> http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4732/sucko.jpg
>
> I am so frustrated because I have everything else just the way I want
> it.. but the fonts are so jagged ;[
>
>
I never had jagged fonts with the standard xfce in extras and normal
CentOS using the liberation fonts and the standard freetype from centos.
I was using the same fonts I used in Gnome.
Maybe I am missing something, why did you need to rebuild freetype?
Are you using the xfce from centos 5 extras?
Thanks,
Johnny Hughes
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