ACTUALLY, the missing files were a bug in the Fontconfig SlackBuild. I fixed it. They're there now.

Everything should now work as before.

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dugan, can you post a list of links that you have in your /etc/fonts/conf.d directory?

dugan, it would be nice if you also provide the patches for older slackware (12.x, 13.0). Maybe a tree of folders?

The patched versions of Freetype, Fontconfig, LibXft and Cairo will work in older Slackware.

Hey Dugan,

Thank you very much for providing those packages, I used to recompile freetype with the 'problem' code enabled, but with the extra patches everything looks even better - even though I think that recompiling only freetype and fontconfig work just fine for my tastes

But regarding your posted conf.d dir, I find that I'm missing the 52-languageselector.conf file, what's its contents and where does it get installed from?

Hmm... I don't seem to have the 52-languageselector.conf file anymore either. I've edited post #125 accordingly.

I just updated the "Optimizing Slackware Linux's Fonts" page. Among the changes are:

• a better way of setting your X DPI (the same on recommended here)
• a better source for the Android fonts (you get them from Google now)
• a way to get the fonts in Java apps to look good, rather than hideous (from the Arch wiki)

It also has a new design that doesn't use Microsoft fonts .

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Nice

Hi,

Very nice!

Hi,

Just upgraded to newest -current, cairo and freetype included. Obvious result - firefox and thunderbird look awful now. Unfortunately I couldn't find subpixel rendering patches for cairo 1.10 and freetype 2.4.3 that would fit Dugan's slackbuilds. If anybody got it going, I would be grateful.

Thanks -- there's a new task for my TODO list

BTW there's a typo on the displayed link for rxvt-unicode which appears as rxt-unicode.

Have to agree. The latest 'current' font rendering looks awful here too. I've always been happy with slackware stock font rendering till now. Even without any of dugan's beautifying techniques. There's no way I can live with the new defaults though. Will need to look into this.

I used Dugan's old slackbuilds and Pat's new slackbuilds and made the necessary changes, actually most of the cairo, libXft and freetype patches are not required as they are already included in the new tarballs.

Fontconfig remains the same, so must be recompiled againts -current.

I will prepare a list soon.

1. Freetype: See attachment.

2. Fontconfig - (Just Recompile)

3. libXft :-
Step1 -> The patch needs a small edit towards the end. Just use the attached patch.

Step2 -> Compile with Dugan's slackbuild.

4. Cairo :-

Step1: Edit Slackbuild to include the following patches from Pat's slackbuild:

Now Dugan's Slackbuild:
Step2: Bump version name of the "interix" patch in the files/ directory.
Note 1. Compile in the order Dugan had originally mentioned.
Note 2. Use only the attached patches.

*Note 3*
Just realized that uploading the slackbuilds will make the job easier.

EDIT:
I am sorry if the Slackbuilds appear to be crude and unpolished, i edited them in a hurry.

-Good Luck-

Attached Files

	libXft-2.2.0-ubuntu.patch.txt (120.8 KB, 23 views)
	builds.tar.gz.txt (170.0 KB, 28 views)

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Awesome slackd,

Here are builds for people like myself who like cleartype patch sets,
http://webpages.charter.net/daedra1/cleartype/ (screenshots also)

these are for -current, just follow this order,

Freetype
Cairo
Fontconfig - (Just Recompile) *or you can skip this altogether, see below
libXft

Also I added a file in the build, source.sh. just run ./source.sh and it will download the source for you. This should save you a few minutes from searching and downloading the sources.

I personally dont mess with fontconfig I just drop in a .fonts.conf file in my home directory with my individual settings, this only works for that user and it is the lazy way... but I like it . Here is my .fonts.conf if interested.

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="autohint">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match> <match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter">
<const>lcddefault</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

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