On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:17:29 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 21:02:25 +0200, Alex Maurer wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:27:09 +0200 Florian Kulzer 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? > > I don't know; you may get a better answer if you ask this question on > the debian-kde list. For the first I found a workaround. Just edit in ~/.fonts.conf none to rgb in <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" > <const>rgb</const> </edit> Checkbox in the controllcenter still gray out but sub-pixel hinting is on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
