On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:34 PM, lostson <lostson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Some progress, but still far from perfect. Please, see the attached > > > > screen-shot. > > > > > > Another question to ask: Is there a gnome-settings-daemon process > > > running in the background? All GTK apps want to talk to it to get > > > the font settings established by gnome font setting app (either > > > gnome-appearance-properties in recent versions of gnome or > > > gnome-font-properties in older versions). > > > > > > I have no idea if KDE starts up the gnome-settings-daemon for the > > > benefit of KDE users running GTK apps, so if you are running KDE, > > > that may be the problem. > > > > To set fonts, themes etc. for some apps, including Firefox specifically, > > you have to use the Gnome procedure (e.g. gnome-control-center) even > > when running KDE. > > > Not if you have the gtk-qt-engine install you dont.. Thanks to all who answered! The problem was apparently related to 'sub-pixel hinting'; with this option disabled, everything looks fine, even without freetype-freeworld installed. That is strange that my monitor, being a LCD one, renders the fonts better with 'sub-pixel hinting' set off. Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
