Cleaning Up SuSE 9.3 Fonts

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Cleaning Up SuSE 9.3 Fonts

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08-15-2005, 12:05 PM	#1
mac57 Member Registered: Nov 2004 Location: Texas Distribution: openSUSE 10.3, Yoper Linux 3.0 , Arch Linux 2007.08 Posts: 253 Rep:	Cleaning Up SuSE 9.3 Fonts Like all Linux distros, I find that SuSE 9.3's fonts are much less crisp and clear than those available in Windows and Mac. I understand that this is the result of a legal issue with "font hinting". I understand that SuSE ships with font hinting turned off for the obvious legal reasons. I know from past experience that you can recompile freetype to turn font hinting on, and I have done this in past distros I have worked with. I have discovered to my suprise that that there are two font packages installed in SuSE 9.3, (a) freetype-1.3.1 and (b) freetype2-2.1.9. I am not sure why there are two packages, and which one I should modify. Has anyone done this already (rebuilding freetype), and can you offer any pointers? Thanks!

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