Ugly fonts in Slackware 12

jpostma · 07-18-2007, 03:13 PM

Yes!! I have got my fonts back! The problem was the screen resolution. I have a LCD screen. The default resolution for a 19inch screen is 1280x1024. Slackware had configured my screen with 1024x768. I change it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. And now it looks much prettier! I also changed the HorizSync and the VertRefresh.

mysql_connect · 07-18-2007, 03:15 PM

Good for you

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Mark Havel · 07-18-2007, 04:13 PM

This is quite curious for my Slackware 12 installation seems to have all the antialiasing and sub-pixel hinting stuff enabled. I didn't have to recompile any package nor set-up any option, it just worked out of the box. The fun fact is that the rendering looks close to the font rendering in MacOS X. I still prefer the Windows rendering, but I think it is far better than the ugly rendering of the previous version. And I did not have to mess up all this stuff to try to have a decent rendering, I just told the browser I wanted a minimal font size, copied the Windows ttf fonts and this is now quite perfect.
This whole thing seems to be a matter of personnal taste.

perry · 08-03-2007, 01:58 PM

Code:

Excellent day to have a rotten day.

perry@slackware:~$ cd Desktop
perry@slackware:~/Desktop$ ./gtk-qt-engine-0.7.x86.package

The installation of this software requires some additional support
code to be installed.

A] If the support code is found in a local directory, it will be used.
   The file containing the support code will be called:

      "autopackage.tar.bz2"

 or

B] If there is an active Internet connection, the support code will be
   downloaded from:

      "http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/autopackage.tar.bz2"

   Proxy users should ensure the http_proxy environment variable is
   set, otherwise the download may fail.


Selection B --> OK to download and install support code now? (Y/n):
perry@slackware:~/Desktop$ su
Password:

Stay away from flying saucers today.

root@slackware:/home/perry/Desktop# ./gtk-qt-engine-0.7.x86.package

The installation of this software requires some additional support
code to be installed.

A] If the support code is found in a local directory, it will be used.
   The file containing the support code will be called:

      "autopackage.tar.bz2"

 or

B] If there is an active Internet connection, the support code will be
   downloaded from:

      "http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/autopackage.tar.bz2"

   Proxy users should ensure the http_proxy environment variable is
   set, otherwise the download may fail.


Selection B --> OK to download and install support code now? (Y/n): y

Attempting download of http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/x86/autopackage.tar.bz2 ...

--11:59:19--  http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/x86/autopackage.tar.bz2
           => `autopackage.tar.bz2'
Resolving autopackage.org... 130.225.247.90
Connecting to autopackage.org|130.225.247.90|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/logger.php [following]
--11:59:20--  http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/logger.php
           => `autopackage.tar.bz2'
Connecting to autopackage.org|130.225.247.90|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/autopackage/1.2.4/x86/autopackage.tar.bz2 [following]
--11:59:21--  http://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/autopackage/1.2.4/x86/autopackage.tar.bz2
           => `autopackage.tar.bz2'
Resolving ftp.sunsite.dk... 130.225.247.92
Connecting to ftp.sunsite.dk|130.225.247.92|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 900,884 (880K) [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 900,884      136.13K/s    ETA 00:00

11:59:33 (83.11 KB/s) - `autopackage.tar.bz2' saved [900884/900884]

Download completed.


.............................................................................................
Refreshing linker cache, please wait ... done


Attempting download of http://autopackage.org/downloads/1.2.4/autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package ...

--11:59:35--  http://autopackage.org/downloads/1.2.4/autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package
           => `autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package'
Resolving autopackage.org... 130.225.247.90
Connecting to autopackage.org|130.225.247.90|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/autopackage/1.2.4/autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package [following]
--11:59:36--  http://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/autopackage/1.2.4/autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package
           => `autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package'
Resolving ftp.sunsite.dk... 130.225.247.92
Connecting to ftp.sunsite.dk|130.225.247.92|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 244,510 (239K) [text/plain]

100%[====================================>] 244,510       22.63K/s    ETA 00:00

11:59:47 (22.60 KB/s) - `autopackage-gtk-1.2.4.package' saved [244510/244510]

Download completed.



# Preparing package: Autopackage Software Installer (GTK+)
# Checking for required C library versions ... passed
# Checking for GTK+ user interface toolkit ... passed
# Checking for Glade user interface loader library ... passed
# Installing package: Autopackage Software Installer (GTK+) (package 1 of 1)
# 100%[==================================================] Extracting
# Preparing executables...
# Installing GNOME 2 file type information...
# Installing GNOME 2 application registry entries...
# Installing file type information (MIME)...
# Installing KDE 3.x file type information...
# Registering file type assocations...
# Installing icons...
# Installing icon themes...
# Installing menu items...
# Copying files to /usr/share/autopackage-gtk/glade
# 100%[==================================================] Copying
# Copying files to /usr/share/autopackage-manager
# Copying files to /usr/libexec/autopackage-gtk
# Installing translated dictionary files...
# 100%[==================================================] Copying
# Installing executables...
# Updating package database...

The following package was successfully installed:
* Autopackage Software Installer (GTK+)

The following menu entry is now available:
* Manage 3rd party software (System)

This installation used 704.4 KiB (721.3 kB) of disk space.


Remove this package by running package remove autopackage-gtk from the command line.


# # # # # # # # # # # #

Autopackage support code was installed.
Autopackage graphical interface installation was skipped.

# # # # # # # # # # # #

Thank you for your patience. Installation of your package will now proceed.
You should not have to install the autopackage support code again.

# # # # # # # # # # # #


# Preparing package: Gtk-Qt theme engine
# Checking for required C library versions ... passed
# Checking for K Desktop Environment (Libraries) ... passed
# Checking for GTK+ user interface toolkit ... passed
# Installing package: Gtk-Qt theme engine (package 1 of 1)
# 100%[==================================================] Extracting
# Installing theme engine library...
# Installing theme...
# Installing KDE control center module...
# Installing menu items...
# Updating package database...

The following package was successfully installed:
* Gtk-Qt theme engine

The following menu entry is now available:
* GTK Styles and Fonts (Settings, X-KDE-settings-looknfeel)

This installation used 302.1 KiB (309.4 kB) of disk space.


Remove this package by running package remove gtk-qt-engine from the command line.

root@slackware:/home/perry/Desktop#                          [

I'll let you know how it turns out...

- perry

perry · 08-03-2007, 02:09 PM

There seems to be an 'improvement' but I don't seem to have any control over the fonts.

- perry

ps.
see for yourself:
Slackware 12' KDE environment with Firefox

perry · 08-03-2007, 02:17 PM

Found this on the Internet, might pick up where GNOME left off..

Dropline GNOME

I have to say, there are number of things I like about slackware 12 however life without gnome is a little rough. I was attracted to Xfce 4.4.1 especially with the translucent windowing however it is a wee bit flaky and can't seem to set the fonts like i want them. So it's back to gnome provided i can get it installed properly. Dropline gnome looks promising albeit it needs to prove itself to me. Otherwise it's back to 10.1 for another few months. Having a 2.6.21.5-smp kernel running to a point where it's detecting the modules it's needs and making use of the motherboard's hyperthreading (i have a VIA_K8 with a AMD 3000+) is really cool! And the new multimedia tools that come with slackware 12 are pretty cool too!

Let you know how it turns out!

- perry

ps.
might get gdesklets installed after all!

perry · 08-03-2007, 07:51 PM

Fantastic Results!

Quote:

This ALPHA release was built for Slackware 12.0 from the ground up. Even more packages have been reduced from our inventory of things to worry about. Yadda yadda yadda. Jibba jabba, jibba jabba. We would really appreciate it if you would install this only on a clean filesystem to avoid spurious bug reports related to unclean upgrades from previous versions of Slackware. ...and of course, since this is an ALPHA release, expect many bugs.

With Slackware finally using a 2.6.x kernel by default, we are now able to stop including various hardware-level packages such as HAl and udev. Please see the requirements page for more details.

Please attempt to report any bugs you find to the developers mailing list. While we are in the IRC channel mostly around-the-clock, reporting problems there isn't nearly as likely to get the attention of the developer handling the package you have a problem with.

Thank you for using Dropline GNOME 2.18 ALPHA!

-The Dropline GNOME Development Team.

Now thats Slackware 12 with all the updates (swaret supports 12.0) and now a brand spanking new gnome 2.18 to top it all off with it's fantastic graphics running on a 2.6.21.5 SMP kernel!

What can I say: She's got legs!

- perry

kuitang · 08-06-2007, 02:41 PM

These directions worked wonders on Slack 12: http://slackwiki.org/LCD_Monitor_Configuration_In_X.Org

Compiling freetype and installing corefonts and configuring the freetype XML files correctly lets you render fonts the exact (beautiful) way they do in Windows without antialias (though you can turn on antialias if you like it; I personally detest it). However, for the full effect, you must exclusively use your Windows TrueType/OpenType fonts.