On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Sean Middleditch wrote: > On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 11:06, rhllist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Sean Middleditch wrote: > > > > > Redhat9 gave me very crisp, clear fonts. Updating to Rawhide, I > > > noticed they got rather fuzzy - the AA isn't as good. I'm running an > > > LCD, and I _do_ have sub-pixel smoothing on. (Same setting as we/ > > > RH9.) Using the Vera fonts in GNOME. > > > > You could try rebuilding the freetype package with the bytecode interpreter > > enabled; I've found it improves rendering noticeably. > > Was this enabled in RH9? Because it did get worse; if that didn't > change, then it's something else I need to fix. Pass; I'm not using RH9, I just suggested it as something you might like to try (RH8 has it disabled by default). > Also, isn't using the bytecode interpreter illegal in the US without a > rather expensive license? I wouldn't be surprised. That's why RH don't/didn't used to enable it by default, AFAIK. Best Regards, Alex.
