On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 13:53 +0200, Ciprian Popovici wrote:> FWIW, "pixelsize" means "pixel size". :) For points you need to use "size". > Perhaps this is why different fonts will have different tresholds. >Thanks for point this out! With the following, I was able to solve my problem and make my fonts look really good. <match target="pattern"> <test name="slant"> <const>roman</const> </test> <test qual="all" name="size" compare="less"><double>13.5</double></test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="pattern"> <test qual="any" name="family"> <string>monospace</string> </test> <edit name="antialias"><bool>true</bool></edit> </match> Basically, I don''t antialias fonts below 13.5 points---and I use mscorefonts for my desktop and applications in GNOME. Monospace font (IMHO) does not look good without AA, so I AA it at all sizes. I AA italic and oblique fonts (even though microsoft thinks don''t need AA). Thats why I check for the slant as well. Salman
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:54:02 -0500 Salman Khilji <skhilji@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:> <test name="pixelsize" compare="less"> > <double>14.5</double> > </test>FWIW, "pixelsize" means "pixel size". :) For points you need to use "size". Perhaps this is why different fonts will have different tresholds.> BTW, Linux systems try to anti-alias at all sizes---this is not right. > If we compare this to Windows XP, we will see that fonts below a size of > about 13 pts are not anti-aliased. This is because smaller fonts when > anti-aliased tend to appear fuzzy without really adding any benefit. I > think Linux vendors should follow this by default as well so that I > don''t have to go through this pain. > > It just that the way the monospace font is made, it has to be > anti-aliased even at smaller sizes---otherwise it appears rough on the > screen.You got a glimpse of the problem right there. First of all, fontconfig only makes things possible, it doesn''t enforce font configurations. It''s the distro''s job if they decide to apply measures such as the above. Secondly, applying AA to all sizes and all fonts is the safe choice. Most fonts I''ve personally seen on Linux look horrible without AA, including the Bitstream Vera family. Guess which ones are designed so they look ok without AA: the Microsoft core pack. -- Ciprian Popovici
I am using Ubuntu 1.0 with GNOME 2.8, fontconfig 2.2.2, and XFree86
4.3.99.
I want to disable anti-aliasing below certain sizes EXCEPT for the
monospace font, which I want anti-aliased at all sizes. With the
settings that I have chosen in /etc/fonts/local.conf, fonts like
Verdana, Arial are behaving as expected---i.e. they are not anti-aliased
at a size of 14 pts---at 15 points and above, they are anti-aliased.
Monospace font, however, is not behaving as expected. In gEdit, the
monospace font is NOT anti-aliased at a size of 10 pts. Above 10 pts,
it is anti-aliased (I am not specifying a size of 10 pts anywhere---so I
do not know where this magical # of 10 comes from).
I have two match blocks in my /etc/fonts/local.conf. The first one is
supposed to turn off antialiasing for all fonts below 14.5 pts except
monospace. The second block is supposed to turn on anti-aliasing for
the monospace font at all sizes. However, this does not work as
expected. If I take both of these blocks away, then the monospace font
is anti-aliased at all sizes---but the rest of the fonts are also
anti-aliased at all sizes----something that is not desirable.
Here is a snippet from my /etc/fonts/local.conf:
<match target="font">
<test qual="all" name="family"
compare="not_eq">
<string>monospace</string>
</test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less">
<double>14.5</double>
</test>
<edit name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern">
<test qual="all" name="family"
compare="eq">
<string>monospace</string>
</test>
<edit name="antialias">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
BTW, Linux systems try to anti-alias at all sizes---this is not right.
If we compare this to Windows XP, we will see that fonts below a size of
about 13 pts are not anti-aliased. This is because smaller fonts when
anti-aliased tend to appear fuzzy without really adding any benefit. I
think Linux vendors should follow this by default as well so that I
don''t have to go through this pain.
It just that the way the monospace font is made, it has to be
anti-aliased even at smaller sizes---otherwise it appears rough on the
screen.
Salman