Josselin Mouette wrote: > cga wrote: > >> I am having major difficulties trying to configure fonts on a linux >> Debian/testing system. >> >> The main cause of the problem appears to be that gtk & kde >> applications now use fontconfig and everything relative to fonts >> becomes very difficult to configure if you do not want to use any of >> these two environments. I am unsure if this list is a suitable place >> to ask for advice on these matters..? > > > This has nothing to do with GTK+ nor with KDE. Maybe you can read > /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/README.Debian first, and then come back if > you have other questions. > > Regards, What I meant was that the extra features provided by fontconfig (aa.. auto-hinting..) add more variables to the text rendering equation and it has now become almost impossible to tweak fonts w/o access to an interactive tool such as the one provided by the gnome & kde desktops. It's no longer just a matter of installing a decent screen font and editing a few files to specify the font, font size & fontstyle to GTK/KDE apps like it w/ older releases of XFree. Naturally if you already know which /etc/fonts/local.conf settings are optimal for your display entering the xml is trivial. But the point I'm arguing is that for someone who does not want/need the features provided by fontconfig it makes matters a lot more difficult - especially if you are not a gnome/KDE user.
