Re: [LUG] Truetype fonts gone walkabout

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In article <200210101347.18461.tone_pl@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Atkin
<tone_pl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Start KDE control centre and select 'look and feel' - 'fonts' .  If
> truetype fonts are not there but you know that the font server has them
> available then select the 'Use Anti-Aliasing for fonts' option, apply
> settings and restart the X server .  Go back to the same dialog and
> truetype fonts might be there. I couldn't figure out much logic to the
> process but it worked for me.  

Hmm unfortunately it is already switched on!

> This didn't mean an end to my font problems however. After I had set
> everything up, on the next reboot all fonts seemed to display in a very
> much larger size on the screen.

I don't know about that exactly but the fints that are there are behavin gi
some very strange ways sizewise.

> I decided to get rid of the Xft font
> server and let X handle truetype fonts itself.

Uh? Do you mean de-install it? I.e: rm Xft ?

> Can't remember if this
> solved many problems 'cos after that ran into problems with sound in
> kde - think it might have been something I installed.

That'll be the next battle!


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