[lug] kde and fonts

[Jeff Walker]

I was using the default char set, so I don't think that had anything to do
with my particular problem.

But, I turned off antialiasing of the fonts, and presto, my worries are
gone.  I now have so many fonts to play with, I am beside myself.  I
wondered why I had so few fonts, when other apps (besides kde) had so many.

I guess another neat feature bites the dust because of side-effects...
reminds me of Windows....

Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Elyse Grasso
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:43 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us; Jeff Walker
> Subject: Re: [lug] kde and fonts
>
>
> 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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