On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, David Whitehurst wrote:
> Does anyone know what I can do to get better fonts and clearer text in
> Netscape 4.5 and KDE Desktop. I love Linux but the text is terrible.
> Any hints or suggestions?
>
> David
>
OK, everyone has chimed in about using truetype and that is true. However, I
have found something that made a bigger difference ... at least for me.
I run the xserver at 1280x1024 on a "17 inch" monitor. I noticed that the
linux/x-windows screen had much smaller fonts and a lot fuzzier than windows.
Soneone on a mailing list (or somewhere) mentioned that you could correct this
by specifying the "correct" (or at least more correct) value for the
dots-per-inch to the xserver. In my case, this is about 90. Tried it. The
screen now looks great!.
In the stuff below, "nn" is you dots-per-inch value ...
if you run gdm, change /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
from 0=/usr/bin/X11/X
to 0=/usr/bin/X11/X -dpi nn
for xdm and kdm (I think), change /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
from :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
to :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi nn
Gene
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