[sylpheed:36886] Re: Using Sylpheed with a raster font

Stefan Vorkoetter:

> It does, although Terminus is not my preferred raster
> font. I have my own, developed by hand but based on Hack
> in 9x17 size, and another in 7x13 size.

I am a great fan of raster fonts.  Will you share yours?

> Even when I do change fonts in Sylpheed, it only affects
> the message display. Things like the message list, menus,
> etc. use the system default font.

Correct -- I have set up Terminus for LXDE, too.

> I've tried TTF raster fonts before, and they never work
> right if you don't pick _exactly_ the right size. They end
> up with some pixels being blurred.

It is the same with .fon files, unless they are multi-size
ones (like Terminus).  If some TTF font looks sharp at size 12,
you can also use it at sizes 24, 32, &c, so high-DPI monitors
are not a problem.

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