Improving Font rendering to reach Ubuntu quality

[thenktor]

My font rendering is excellent in KDE with sub pixel hinting style full.

[gatewayasteroid]

My font rendering is excellent in KDE with sub pixel hinting style full.

but just in KDE or in Openbox as well?
Can you shot a PNG and post it here? Thanks!

I can assure you (but you can check it yourself easily) that the differences are really impressive...

[thenktor]

You have to use gtk/qt/kde settings to change the rendering style in Openbox.

[gatewayasteroid]

You have to use gtk/qt/kde settings to change the rendering style in Openbox.

They look very good indeed, more or less like mine now!
I tried tweaking my ~/.fonts.conf (this is what I tried and using now) without success

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<?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>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>

I will try again, thanks a lot!

[gatewayasteroid]

You have to use gtk/qt/kde settings to change the rendering style in Openbox.

I just tried with a Slackware 13.37 RC3. Font rendering in KDE, in Dolphin windows and such is great. The rest (GTK apps like firefox) is worse as always

Any clue?

Thanks!

[gatewayasteroid]

My font rendering is excellent in KDE with sub pixel hinting style full.

Also for me, in KDE, it's excellent. The problem is Firefox, or GIMP. See here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?xzr221hoay0aqnk
look for example at the "/" of the URL in the address bar(s).

[JRD]

In Firefox 4, got to about:config and search for "cleartype", then enable the use of clear type for content, this will improve font rendering.

[gatewayasteroid]

In Firefox 4, got to about:config and search for "cleartype", then enable the use of clear type for content, this will improve font rendering.

I don't have that

[pevsner]

I usually have to add a .fonts.conf for Qt programs,
& edit ~/.Xresources to get hinting looking right for gtk programs in Openbox as lxappearance doesn't set hinting (xfce hinting works fine).
eg. of my .Xresources

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Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.rgba: none
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.dpi: 87

Best of luck, crappy fonts sux!

[gatewayasteroid]

I usually have to add a .fonts.conf for Qt programs,
& edit ~/.Xresources to get hinting looking right for gtk programs in Openbox as lxappearance doesn't set hinting (xfce hinting works fine).
Best of luck, crappy fonts sux!

Thanks I already have tweaked .fonts.conf and .Xresources in a similar way, but I still have differences between KDE/QT apps (font rendering is perfect, same as Ubuntu) and GTK/Gnome (good, but not as good).
Anyway it seems that is something related to some packackes. Frugalware, for example:

New LCD font rendering available in GNOME. If you use digital video output, this will improve font appearance.

http://www.frugalware.org/news/197

These are patched:
http://www7.frugalware.org/pub/frugalwa ... freetype2/
http://www7.frugalware.org/pub/frugalwa ... ontconfig/
http://www7.frugalware.org/pub/frugalwa ... 11/libxft/
and probably Cairo as well.

Right now I'm using the Droid fonts with bytecode and full hinting, it seems to be the best option so far.
Not perfect as KDE