Re: [XFree86] fonts etc.

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On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:25:33 +0200
JB <somnambulist@xxxxxxxx> 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.

freetype2 is usually compiled without the bytecode interpreter due to patent
problems. If you want fonts look almost identical to windos, you have to
recompile ft2 with the interpreter enabled (and all programs which statically
linked it).
(http://www.freetype.org)


--
Giuliano.
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