[SOLVED] Making fonts nice in Arch Linux

kasl33 · 09-01-2011, 12:30 PM

I have seen many people asking how to make the fonts nice in Arch. I have stumbled accross a few methods, this one being the best. Take the following "code" and paste it into a file named .fonts.conf:

Code:

<?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>
  </match>
  <match target="font" >
    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
      <const>hintslight</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>

Put .fonts.conf in your home directory - so the path is /home/YourUserName/.fonts.conf

EricTRA · 09-09-2011, 12:41 AM

Hi,

Thank you for sharing your solution. Off the Zero Reply List.

Kind regards,

Eric