Re: "Cleartype fonts"

Anssi Hannula pravi:
> Matjaž Kaše wrote:
>   
>> Hello everybody!
>>
>> The libfreetype6 package from plf repositories enables the MS core fonts
>> look the same as in Windows, but it does not allow the "Cleartype" look.
>> I found the solution by downloading libfreetype6, libxft2 and libcairo2
>> from PCLinuxOS repositories and by running this script as root from the
>> folder, where I've stored them:
>> *Code:*
>> #!/bin/bash
>> rpm -e --nodeps libcairo2
>> rpm -ivh  libcairo2-1.4.12-2pclos2007.i586.rpm
>> rpm -e --nodeps libxft2
>> rpm -ivh libxft2-2.1.12-2pclos2007.i586.rpm
>> rpm -e --nodeps libfreetype6
>> rpm -ivh libfreetype6-2.3.5-1pclos2007.i586.rpm
>>
>> and by adding to add this at the beginning of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf:
>> *Code:*
>> <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>hintmedium</const>
>>   </edit>
>>  </match>
>>  <match target="font" >
>>   <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
>>    <bool>true</bool>
>>   </edit>
>>  </match>
>>
>> Liberation fonts  look very nice after this, very similar to MS core
>> fonts with Cleartype enabled.
>>
>> I'm afrraid that this is not a permanent solution.
>> Since I have no programming knolledge   I wander if the PLF team can do
>> anything abuot this?
>>     
>
> I have exactly the same lines in ~/.fonts.conf, written by KDE control
> center. There is no need to add any global configuration then.
>
> Are you sure these do not work with Mandriva RPMs? What version of
> Mandriva do you have? Could you show screenshots with PLF libfreetype6
> and PCLOS libfreetype6 to show the difference?
>
>   
The fonts with mdv packages look rough, with plf packages they look 
broken and are surrounded by rainbow colors, with PCL package they look 
like this:

PCL : http://shrani.si/?/hN/4yomUvHd/posnetek7.png

If you edit only the  ~/.fonts.conf file, it doesn't correct the look of 
manddriva  control ccenter or any  program you run with kdesu prefix.

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