Hello,

I'm running debain lenny and gnome 2.22.1. The default fonts are not bad, but not pretty either. As a relative newbie to debian, I'm hoping someone can point me to a reliable HOWTO for improving my fonts (in iceweasel, openoffice,etc.).

Thanks,

pb

I don't know much about various guides, but there are a few things you can do that are pretty simple.

First off, if you're using an LCD monitor, then you can turn on "sub-pixel smoothing" in the Fonts appearance preferences. If you're not sure what font you want to use, the default "Sans" is pretty good. Choose a size you like.

In Iceweasel, go to the preferences and you can adjust the fonts in the Content tab. In the advanced settings, I like to turn the fonts to "Serif", "Sans", and "Monospace". (The actual fonts used are DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Monospace, and so on.) There is an checkbox to let the web sites choose their own fonts rather than your font preferences. By default, this checkbox is checked. The advantage of the default setting is that web sites will look more like they were meant to look (at least, if you install Microsoft's fonts). However, the advantage of unchecking this box is that web sites will probably look better to you, since you can choose the fonts you prefer.

Personally, I uncheck the box, so Iceweasel uses my font preferences rather than the web site. It looks nicer to me.

Oh--one font which I really like for slower computers or lower resolution displays is Clean 9. It does not have anti-aliasing, which may or may not suite your tastes.

Thanks for the help Isaac. I'll noodle around and see what looks good.

Cheers,

pb