The crazy thing about that tip is that its been around for at least two
years, since Warty was new:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=4456
CK
(and yes, its hidden on my Ubuntu page in the Misc section ;)
On 11/12/06, Gregory L. Magnusson <glm@cyborgspiders.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This should maximize your font experience with Ubuntu on an LCD monitor.
>
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Received on Sun Nov 12 21:11:14 2006
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