> The only real issue that I had was that (believe it or
> not) when looking at certain webpages using certain
> fonts, those fonts would be messed up. Even more
> surprising is that I tried this with Konqueror and
> Netscape 4.77 and while the problem exists in both
> environments, it is far worse in Konqueror. With
> Konqueror, the fonts were almost unreadable (remember
> this was only certain fonts on certain webpages).
>
I have the EXACT same problem. It occurs in several web browsers, as well
as star office. The fonts sorta look like a ransom letter; the bottoms
aren't flat, and the verticle lines ofen have parts that are "fat".
> An example of a page that made fonts display poorly
> for me is the following:
> http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
>
> If anyone can check that page and report whether their
> fonts are messed up too, that would be greatly
> appreciated. Specifically, the narrative at the top
> was very bad.
>
i'll check it out when i get home.
> I did edit /etc/X11/fs/config to list the 100dpi fonts
> first (making them the default as discussed on
> mandrakeuser.org). In 7.2 this always made a
> significant improvement for me. However, this seemed
> to make no difference for me with 8.0.
>
me too.
> Because the downloaded version of Mandrake 8.0 does
> not include the nvidia detonator drivers, the
> installation must install using the "nv" driver. I
> believe that "nv" does NOT support anti-aliasing and
> so I thought that might be my problem. I wondered if
> maybe when 8.0 was installing if it somehow turned off
> anti-aliasing because it had to use the "nv" driver.
> I installed the NVidia detonator driver which does
> support anti-aliasing, but if I need to somehow enable
> anti-aliasing, I don't know how. Can anyone help me
> with this problem? Is there a way I can test my
> anti-aliasing to verify for certain if it is enabled?
> If it is indeed disabled, how do I enable it?
>
i am also running a nvidia card (tnt2).... wonder if that's related?
please post any solutions you find.... i haven't been able to figure
anything out....
Ken
