[lug] kde and fonts

[Elyse Grasso]

What character set is KDE trying to use? I had a problem like that when I 
briefly experimented with switching character sets and anti-aliasing: some of 
the character sets don't come with a lot of font choices, and it seems KDE 
just uses the first font it finds when it can't find the one that was 
configured for that use. (turning anti-aliasing on or off also affects the 
fonts you have available)

Try going into the KDE control panel, Look & Feel, Fonts, and hit the Use 
Defaults button. That should set you back to something fairly readable. Then 
experiment carefully with changing things to make them nicer. I like 
b&h-lucidatypewriter12 for fixed width.

On Sunday 28 October 2001 04:09 pm, Jeff Walker wrote:
> I am having a little font problem with kde, perhaps someone might recognize?
> 
> For some reason, kde thinks that a good fixed width font is ariozo, 11pt.
> (which by the way, is the first one that I have alphabetically).  It
> actually sucks because it is totally unreadable at 11 points.  It is some
> script/handwriting looking thing that I just hate.  For most of the config
> screens, kde uses this monstrosity.  I have to give xterm a font on the
> command line, as it won't use this font (thank god), as it isn't a real
> fixed width font.
> 
> I go into the control center and choose fonts, (I look, and there are many
> font types to choose from, one of them being "fixed width", and already it
> has ariozo as the default) then select "fixed width" and there is only 1
> choice: "fixed", which I know (at least in the old X world) is usually an
> alias to some other 6x9 type of font, something generally okay for
> everything.  When I choose "fixed", it changes to this font, which looks
> fine.  After I hit "apply" and whatever to get out, nothing seems to change
> (still uses ariozo).  I try to log out and log back in (to the xdm or
> whatever prompt), but when I come back, ariozo is back as my fixed width
> font.
> 
> I don't really know what to try next, I'm not a font expert, more like a
> novice.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> I have redhat 7.1, kde 2.1.1.  (qt 2.3.0 if that matters)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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