On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 00:28, JB wrote: > I'm no newbie linuxuser but I've had this problem (well > it's not really a problem, just a thing that annoys me a > lot) for all my years of linux usage and have never been > able to fix it. How do I get truetype-fonts to look exactly > as good as they do in MS Windows? I've read many guides, > tried many different "solution" but TT-fonts always look > bad in some way or another. I believe the reason might be the patent issues with the hinting bytecodes interpreter. > Let's say I have just installed linux (slackware 9.1), > the latest XFree86 and fontconfig 2.2.0 (all clean installs) > and haven't configured anything or done anything else with > my linuxbox. Where do I go from here? Tthe fonts look scaly > and weird from start and websites don't look as good as they > do in Windows. I just want the fonts to look "right". > > Can anyone explain to me how to do this? You can download freetype sources and compile them with the bytecode hinter turned on, provided you have a license from Apple, or a valid reason why you don't need one. You can read more about the issue at http://www.freetype.org/patents.html. Enrique
