On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:11:55PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > To my chagrin, web pages are actually easier to read indirectly from > my wife's Windows machine (when I connect to it by VNC from my Debian > box) than directly on my Debian box. Her Firefox uses Times New Roman, > which I believe is a true type font. On my Firefox I've tried Serif, > Free Serif (slightly better), etc., but still no contest.
Thanks to everyone for suggesting I install msttcorefonts and ttf-*, which I successfully did. I'm using Bitstream Vera Sans at the moment and it is easier to read. Still, doing head on comparisons like I described above with the same nominal fonts, I notice a difference. It's most pronounced with bold and italic letters. For example, my Arial bold capital 'c' looks jagged, whereas my wife's looks smooth. I tried xfstt and 'dpkg-reconfigure x-ttcidfont-conf' with no change. The latter gives you a choice between backends freetype and xtt -- I tried both. I have png screenshots of 8k and 16k but didn't know if it would be useful and permissible to attach them. Thanks again for your help. Win -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
