Pidgin 2.3 vs Gutsy

[praka123]

^Im using a samtron 56V 15" CRT monitor and i have used sans,Luxi sans,Tahoma,Bitstream vera sans etc.I have SPR off(why i need it )may be u need an eye checkup 8)

 

[infra_red_dude]

may be u need an eye checkup 8)

Lolz.. Mebbe yes!

Here's my screenshot of the same page:

*img151.imageshack.us/img151/1577/screenshot1ca0.png

We are again digressing from the topic. I think we should haf a thread about font rendering!

 

[praka123]

^well,I'm on Debian Sid resolution is 800x600@85Hz max supported.so it looks big and I think the fonts anti-aliasing is enough.I can make it more sharp.but i liked this way,old windows cleartype habits

u guys watching thread just say which is good?

 

[infra_red_dude]

Hehe.. ok, No more comments on Fonts!!

Too much of zooming into pics and correcting that "extra pixel" for Mac4Lin icons is showing its effects, I guess!

 

[iMav]

@infra u mean to say that my fonts will be like taht

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Yes, but if wanna change to what I haf here then download these 2 files. As root place them in /etc/fonts, replacing the orignal files (after taking a backup of original files). Except these two files delete all other files (again, after taking a backup).

BTW I dunno why you are hafing trouble with your setup. Thats exactly how it is in Windows.

 

[iMav]

windows' in window display is also same as what is the overall look the fonts look a lot thin and broken now (that is only the forum or other website text)

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Errr... I didn't get you.

Mebbe we should start another thread on Font Tweaking. It would help others as well

 

[Faun]

windows' in window display is also same as what is the overall look the fonts look a lot thin and broken now (that is only the forum or other website text)

try no squint extension for firefox

Search in add/remove programs microsoft core fonts, install'em

Now in appearance>fonts select "Verdana" with appopriate size, in details select slight and subpixel(LCDs)

it worked for me

 

[iMav]

it is set to slight & subpixel but still its only web sites that are messed up - opera is worst hit and ff is looking bad really bad

 

[gary4gar]

arre import aur run mein kitna farak hai yaar ... confuse kyon karte ho mereko - run bolo ya import bolo

you sound like a kid

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

you sound like a kid

That's coz he is one

 

[iMav]

abey uncle log

ok the font thing is driving me nuts .... i cant bear the ff fonts ... help me please some 1

 

[praka123]

First,do u have a non-CRT monitor?do u have LCD/TFT monitor?
^then u need to enable sup-pixel rendering.enable it in font preferences.
secondly does freetype module loads?firefox too afaik depends on that!

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep freetype

ideally,in ur /etc/X11/xorg.conf file,u may have:

Section "Files"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
        Fontpath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
        # path to defoma fonts
        Fontpath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load            "dbe"
        Load            "glx"
        Load            "ddc"
        Load            "extmod"
        Load            "type1"
        Load            "freetype"
        Load            "bitmap"
        Load            "int10"
        Load            "vbe"
EndSection

^as for an nvidia user,disable "dri" module is a must.dont care for it in ubuntu though.
just show the o/p of :

xrdb -query | grep antialias

also in a terminal start firefox as follows open this forum page and see whether font anti-aliasing works or not:

GDK_USE_XFT=1 firefox

Also what is ur display resolution and frequency?and do u have in Ubuntu the same resolution and frequency as in ur preferred Vista?
also post the o/p of:

xdpyinfo |grep dimen

xdpyinfo |grep reso

and if ur courageous, u can try below command in terminal and read the options to manage fonts:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig fontconfig-config

Post ur results!no single answer please!

PS:my nvidia device section in xorg.conf is as below:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT]"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Busid           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "AddARGBVisuals"        "True"
        Option          "AddARGBGLXVisuals"     "True"
        Option          "NoLogo"        "True"
        Option          "UseEdidDpi"   "FALSE"
        Option          "DPI"   "96 x 96"
EndSection

 

[infra_red_dude]

ok the font thing is driving me nuts .... i cant bear the ff fonts ... help me please some 1

Just use the font settings I've shown in the screenshot above. That would mostly solve your problem in FF.

 

[iMav]

its almost the same thing only a few fonts which arent there iv used some replacement

 

[infra_red_dude]

Don't use any of the MS fonts (Ariel, Tahoma, Verdana etc.) They are the ones that are modified to look like that in Windows (and hence thin).