Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:05:08 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Beta2: Nice job! Message-ID: <4309DB94.5090805@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20050822140150.GB27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com> References: <17161.51084.456346.976929@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <1124715244.75167.40.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <17161.53691.614602.758290@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <4309D293.8030104@centtech.com> <17161.55733.272571.61428@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20050822140150.GB27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com>
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Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 09:57:09AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > >>Eric Anderson writes: >> > >> > Just to check the obvious, but, you are certain you are running at the >> > native resolution of the LCD panel, correct? >> >>Yep, its running at the native resolution. >> >>Drew > > > For what it's worth, I've always found the anti-aliasing of fonts in > GTK applications to be sub-par. They all use Bitstream Vera at a > ridiculously small font size and seem to blur into the background by > like two pixels on each side. I don't mind Bitstream Vera at all, > but I agree, I cannot stand the way antialiased fonts look in these > applications. Agreed - it isn't perfect at all, but better than nothing (for me, but not everyone it seems). Is there a way to change it? I have to say, that Windows fonts nearly always look great. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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