You have been subscribed to a public bug: If I use Gnome, tweak my fonts (choose a specific font, make it antialiased with subpixel hinting with slight hinting and RGB), my fonts look good in GTK applications. However, if I install a Qt application such as Skype, my fonts don't look as good. This is because Qt applications don't find information regarding fonts settings, and therefore, use a default font-rendering configuration. A simple fix to this is, when changing font configurations in Gnome, creating also a ~/.fonts.conf file with the information for Qt applications. For instance:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"> <const>rgb</const> </edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"> <const>rgb</const> </edit> <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"> <const>hintslight</const> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> This way, font rendering in Qt applications is always the same as in GTK applications, hence a more consistent desktop look and feel. See before: http://lyncis.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/qt4-fonts-bad.png And after: http://lyncis.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/qt4-fonts-good.png More info: http://lyncis.info/post/189/en Thanks, ** Affects: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Apply font configurations to Qt applications also https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346364 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt4-x11 in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs