From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 8 22:16:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA17591 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 22:16:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from onyx.atipa.com (user5380@ns.atipa.com [208.128.22.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA17586 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 22:16:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@atipa.com) Received: (qmail-queue invoked by uid 1018); 9 Nov 1997 06:22:07 -0000 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 23:22:07 -0700 (MST) From: Atipa X-Sender: freebsd@dot.ishiboo.com To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI, about fonts on Xwindows In-Reply-To: <199711082040.PAA16703@dyson.iquest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, John S. Dyson wrote: > I have been somewhat disappointed about the jaggedness of the default > fonts on Xwindows (XFree86.) In fact, I have seen a rough look on most X86 > Xservers. That KILLs the gimp. What would otherwise be a mighty fine image ends up looking amateur after the cheesy "Type 1" fonts are added. I would definitely like a copy of your fonts.scale. Then we could retire PhotoShop for good! Thanks, Kevin