Ubuntu LCD fonts tweak

I just improved my Ubunutu fonts and thought I would share the
experience. This takes less than two minutes to set up. I am happily
running Ubuntu 6.06 on my Dell P-3 1 gig laptop with 512mb ram. I was
just reading the October edition of Linux Magazine and on page 10 there
is an article titled "Pretty Fonts are Possible" by Scott Granneman. The
short version for Ubuntu is this.

open your text editor and paste the following xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <match target="font">
 <edit mode="assign" name="autohint">
  <bool>true</bool>
 </edit>
 </match>
</fontconfig>

save as .fonts.config in your home directory
on the command line type $gnome-font-properties

Choose -->Subpixel Smoothing LCD's
Under Details choose Smoothing ---> Subpixel LCD's
Under Hinting choose Full

and ensure that Subpixel order is set to RGB

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This should maximize your font experience with Ubuntu on an LCD monitor.
Received on Sun Nov 12 19:36:30 2006