Johnny Hughes wrote: > 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? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> 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? Here is a list of the relevant fonts I have installed: bitstream-vera-fonts-1.10-7 liberation-fonts-1.0-1.el5 libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1 libXfontcache-1.0.2-3.1 xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-base-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-truetype-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.1-2.1.el5 xorg-x11-font-utils-7.1-2 After you make sure liberation-fonts and bitstream-vera-fonts are installed, try making "Bitstream Vera Sans" or "Liberation Sans" your application font. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090828/e46f32b9/attachment-0005.sig>
