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On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 20:00, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> Well, actually the ttf fonts are the best looking on my system (yes and non-AA |
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> in the sizes 8-17 as I don't like fuzzy fonts). I agree that bitmap fonts |
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> give better results, but only if they are not scaled. What also goes wrong |
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> sometimes is ps fonts. |
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You shouldn't scale bitmaps.. i mean _quality_ bitmaps, where there's |
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proper bitmaps for every size. |
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> They have to, if say, the desktop-guide would give that information it would |
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> save them (and me, as my girlfriend wants to be able to read and write |
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> Chinese (simplified)) a lot of headaches. |
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Nah, much to dense for a desktop-guide. An extra doc referenced ok i can |
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see that, but this should be optional info. For a normal user the |
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defaults should do. |
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Documentation is only as good as it is thin, see the current install |
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docs for how it gets out of hand. In my opinion there's way too much |
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unneeded cruft in there, all these little notes and subsections make it |
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less and less usable. We should beware of that phenomenon in another |
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important user guide. |
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> And the same fonts are chosen for the same name. fontconfig plays it's own |
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> little role, just as the core font protocol does. And pango and qt as |
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> wrappers around the font system. |
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Only fontconfig and freetype influence font rendering. And fontconfig |
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probably plays the major role in seting things up. |
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- foser |
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