On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:27:09 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 19:35:35 +0200, Alex Maurer wrote: > > I have both, etch and lenny installed. Both with KDE 3. At etch I can > > activate font-aliasing with subpixel hinting but I can't activate it > > at lenny. The checkbox for subpixel hinting are gray and not useable. > > > > Any hints, why? > > I checked on my Sid system and the box is grayed out for me as well. I > have not idea what caused this. However, the "Hinting style:" combobox > below it (options: None, Slight, Medium, Full) still works normally > here. > > When in doubt, check the Xft settings in the X resource database: > > $ xrdb -query | grep Xft > Xft.antialias: 1 > Xft.dpi: 96 > Xft.hinting: 1 > Xft.hintstyle: hintfull > Xft.rgba: none > > I can activate the RGB subpixel hinting with > > echo "Xft.rgba: rgb" | xrdb -merge > > but this only has an effect on non-KDE applications (which are started > after the setting has been changed). The normal "gray" hinting still > works fine also for KDE applications AFAICT. (I do not like the "color > bleeding" look of RGB subpixel hinting anyway, so I did not notice that > this option had gone missing from the KDE control center dialog.) Just tested. Right, no effect for KDE-apps. And for me it is with sub-pixel hinting really nicer and no "bleeding-effect". Should I report it as a bug or do I simple need some packages to get it work? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]