On Friday 07 January 2005 02:23 pm, cga wrote: > I have a sarge system where I initially installed gnome. Apparently > some fonts were installed at that stage and seem to be the only ones > available even after I removed gnome, at least to some applications.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=install+fonts+debian+sarge+apt-get+install+truetype&btnG=Search > Now these fonts are apparently suitable for all occasions - you have > the usual serif, sans, mono,.. etc. but unfortunately they are > anti-aliased to the point of being unreadable. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=unreadable+anti+alias+fonts+linux&btnG=Search > I have poked around a bit and found something called fontconfig that > seems like a replacement for the old X font system (?) - not sure, > there is some technical doc available for fontconfig but I did not > find much that explains what it's really for.. Some applications like > mozilla seem to be fontconfig-aware while others are not. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=man+fontconfig+linux&btnG=Search http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl3_fontconfig.htm > Now my question is how can I disable this anti-aliasing? Do I need > to remove the fontconfig package? At this point I'm considering > reinstalling gnome, reconfiguring it w/o anti-aliasing and then > removing it unless s/o could come up w/ a more sensible solution. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=disable+gnome+anti+alias+font+debian+sarge&btnG=Search I was able to find references to all of your questions using the Google search engine. Let me know if you need assistance after reading these. -- peace, Alvin Smith http://www.alvinsmith.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
