14.2/x86_64/Xfce4: GUI fonts no longer display clearly
SlackwareThis Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.
Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free.
14.2/x86_64/Xfce4: GUI fonts no longer display clearly
I work on HP 19" monitors with 1280x1024 resolution. Last week I added a couple of LaTeX fonts to /usr/share/fonts/TTF and /usr/share/fonts/OTF and now the fonts in GUI applications such as LyX and gkrellm as well as all web sites in firefox are difficult to read because the letter stroke are not of the same width and the lines appear as adjacent dots rather than vector strokes.
I ran mkfontscale, mkfontdir, and fc-cache for both the TTF and OTF subdirectorys in /usr/share/fonts.
Not all installed fonts are available in firefox Edit -> Preferences -> Fonts. I keep trying to find one that provides the clarity I used to have but so far without success.
I've tried searching the web for fonts that display clearly at the monitor's default resolution but my search strings find only references to web browsers, text and GUI.
Why the display changed when new fonts were added is a puzzle to me, but regardless of reason I need to find a solution. All suggestions, recommendations, and other ideas are welcome.
Latex fonts are not OTF or TTF, are they? Somebody converted them.
I would step back. In runlevel 3, rename your /usr/share/fonts, & reinstall the font packages, which you will find with a grep in /var/lib/pkgtools/packages. Libreoffice has it's fonts in the main package, so do something similar there. |See if that sorts it.
Latex fonts are not OTF or TTF, are they? Somebody converted them.
I would step back. In runlevel 3, rename your /usr/share/fonts, & reinstall the font packages, which you will find with a grep in /var/lib/pkgtools/packages. Libreoffice has it's fonts in the main package, so do something similar there. |See if that sorts it.
Yes, I converted them for use with LaTeX. I could reinstall provided font packages; /var/lib/ has no pkgtools subdirectory and I've looked in /var/lib/packages/fonts/ several times. The main problem is with firefox: every web site has poor font quality.
update: After more web research I learned about fc-list. The DejaVu fonts are installed and are present in /etc/fonts/conf.avail/ and ../conf.d/ but are not available to me as a user; fc-list does not list them.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.