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06-20-2007, 01:23 AM
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Debian Lenny ugly fonts
i am using Debian Lenny and it has really ugly fonts. both in Iceweasel and in Windowmaker.
any solution ?
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06-20-2007, 04:18 AM
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Install graphics card drivers. Or are you saying they are "boring".
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06-20-2007, 04:53 AM
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Iceweasel is Firefox, about a third of the way down the page link below is a section called "Font & Colors".
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/options |
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06-20-2007, 08:47 AM
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Location: Albuquerque, NM USA
Distribution: Debian-Lenny/Sid 32/64 Desktop: Generic AMD64-EVGA 680i Laptop: Generic Intel SIS-AC97
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06-22-2007, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Junior Hacker
Install graphics card drivers. Or are you saying they are "boring".
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do you really think i did not do that ?
i am not a newbie and hence i know what is the name of the driver of the graphics card i have and i have configured X with that driver.
on BLAG(a Fedora based distro which uses Free Softwares only), there is no problem like that.
on Arch, i solved the problem after installing "ttf-msfonts" (non-free) and on CRUX, i do not install those "ms-ttf" fonts because i do not have problem there.
do not know what is the issue with Debian.
{NOTE:I do not like non-free content on my system, hence i do not install "ttf-msfonts" on my system anymore . i do not even use, Flash, Java and mp3. i use Vorbis and Theroa"} |
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06-22-2007, 01:26 AM
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i knew this from last 1.5 years, since my 1st stint with Mozilla/Firefox. i always change this after installation :-)
BUT it does not solve the problem :-( |
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06-22-2007, 01:30 AM
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hey...thanks for that, will read that. BTW, i have removed Debian because i found it an user-friendly OS. i have installed CRUX now |
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06-22-2007, 01:31 PM
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you got rid of it because it was easy to work with?
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06-22-2007, 01:47 PM
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{NOTE:I do not like non-free content on my system, hence i do not install "ttf-msfonts" on my system anymore . i do not even use, Flash, Java and mp3. i use Vorbis and Theroa"}
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Redhat made a free replacement for those ms fonts:
https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ |
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06-22-2007, 01:53 PM
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I didn't find the Redhat fonts to be superior to the free combination of DejaVu and LinuxLibertine. Maybe once they have complete hinting and anti-alias components. The only MS Font I really use is Tahoma, and it doesn't come with msttcorefonts anyway.
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06-22-2007, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rickh
I didn't find the Redhat fonts to be superior to the free combination of DejaVu and LinuxLibertine. Maybe once they have complete hinting and anti-alias components. The only MS Font I really use is Tahoma, and it doesn't come with msttcorefonts anyway.
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Well, it's not just the looks. They're designed to work exactly the same as as the ones from MS.
Being a very crappy web developer, I like that idea (It would make things a lot easier).
I agree they're not really perfect (yet) though (but it's a start).
Last edited by jens; 06-22-2007 at 02:03 PM.
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06-22-2007, 11:52 PM
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It is ok to use Java now. It is open source.
http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/ |
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06-22-2007, 11:56 PM
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06-23-2007, 01:44 AM
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well, it does not look so. when i download JRE from Sun's webs-site, http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
this is what they want me to accept: http://www.java.com/en/download/license.jsp
it does not look like GPL. look at the RESTRICTIONS section, it does not even come close to BSD/MIT or any OSI approved license. |
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06-23-2007, 01:50 AM
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this what they offer to users: http://www.adobe.com/licensing/distribution/license/
i don't think me & OSI likes it |
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