Laurent Duperval wrote:
I tried and it still looks fuzzy on Linux. However, on Windows it looks
fine. So it seems to be a problem with my display (LCD; on Windows it's on
CRT).
[Disclaimer: fonts are not my specialty.]
I don't think the display is the culprit; I'm using an LCD (with
Windows) and fonts look fine. Of course, if one of the displays has
inordinately low resolution, that would make everything look fuzzy.
More likely it's either the viewer app you're using under Linux or the
supply of screen fonts installed with your X machine. Keep in mind that
fonts for printing don't always have screen versions, and screen
versions that exist are not perfect matches (printing is likely at
300-1200 dpi; screen fonts are around 72 dpi as a rule, aren't they?).
Seems to me that was one of the selling points when MS introduced
TrueType fonts -- with proper drivers, they look about the same on a
screen (with decent resolution) as they do on paper.
So your viewer (or maybe the X terminal) might be saying "don't have a
display version of this font, but this other one is close enough".
/Paul
