Post #199,015
3/16/05 11:55:40 AM
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Linux font rendering
I seem to be an endless font of questions regarding this enigmatic beast known as "the Linux."
OK, so I was googling on font rendering & Linux and I came across a howto and a few other pages talking about how to improve the font quality of fonts under Linux. There are some interesting suggestions that I'm almost looking forward to trying out. I say "almost" because the last time I was interested in trying to out suggestions was when I was trying to set up a SAMBA file/print server, and while that did ultimately spawn a very satisfying Help Desk storyline the actual project ended in futility.
But I digress.
One of the interesting and universally mentioned suggestions is to recompile Freetype2 to support its "Bytecode Interpreter," which apparently renders fonts more cleanly without resorting to anti-aliasing, and apparently that feature isn't (or wasn't) activated in most distributions.
So I was wondering... why? Is it a licensing kind of thing? I.e., the only way to provide access to the feature is not to have it configured when it's first set up? Or is it a particularly buggy feature? Or was it simply new when those papers were first written, and at this point it's probably working on my Mepis install and I'm just not aware of it?
And if the latter, how can I tell if the Bytecode Interpreter is actually enabled, or if I will have to recompile Freetype2 to get it running?
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- Edward Young
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Post #199,023
3/16/05 12:04:07 PM
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Should be simple.
Sine you are using Mephis...
Make sure libttf2, fttools and fontconfig are installed.
If they are, as root do:
dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
select Autohinter.
If you have an LCD then select either auto-matic or always
Enable Bitmapped fonts.
And you should be good to go.
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Post #199,055
3/16/05 2:26:45 PM
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Bytecode interpreter is supported out of the box in Ubuntu.
Peter
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Post #199,068
3/16/05 4:34:09 PM
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LOL
Is KDE supported out of the box in Ubuntu? :)
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Post #199,070
3/16/05 4:41:58 PM
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Yes.
But remember! KDE has a monopoly on the market segment of people who use KDE!
Peter
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Post #199,075
3/16/05 4:57:03 PM
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Supported - but is it installed?
I had the idea tha Ubuntu came with Gnome - being Debian, of course KDE would be supported. Is the livecd installable yet? Last I looked there was an Ubuntu install CD and an Ubuntu LiveCD...
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
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Post #199,080
3/16/05 5:19:22 PM
3/16/05 5:21:05 PM
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LOL #2
Nice one.
The difference between KDE and Apple is that Apple has a lock on both software *and* hardware.
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Edited by cwbrenn
March 16, 2005, 05:21:05 PM EST
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Post #199,081
3/16/05 5:20:58 PM
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Whatever.
When you've learned what a monopoly is, get back to me.
Why don't you just install OS/2 on the box and have done with it?
Peter
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Post #199,082
3/16/05 5:21:40 PM
3/16/05 5:23:16 PM
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Such a cheerful man!
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Edited by cwbrenn
March 16, 2005, 05:23:16 PM EST
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Post #199,084
3/16/05 5:23:27 PM
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LOL
OMFGBBQ APPLE IS TEH EVUL! TEHY AER TEH NETX MICORSOFT! LUNIX 4 LYFE!
^^ You.
Peter
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Post #199,089
3/16/05 5:32:19 PM
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I disagree...
... I would have substituted more numbers for letters while I was posting that.
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Post #199,086
3/16/05 5:28:38 PM
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Kubuntu!
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Post #199,088
3/16/05 5:29:44 PM
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Worst. Name. EVAR.
:-D
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