Here is the current version of my local.conf file.
(2010-08-29) I updated this to clean up some inaccurate comments, as well as streamline a few things. Not a major change.
(2010-08-16) This assumes use of my subpixel hinting patch or package for freetype! It also assumes that you are not using a ~/.fonts.conf file. If you have one, you can disable it by doing: mv ~/.fonts.conf ~/.fonts.conf.disabled.
(2010-09-03) This is updated to reflect changes in my patch located here (http://www.infinality.net/blog/?p=67). I've fixed some replacements for fonts that just suck, and removed replacements for bold fonts, given the new enhancements to the freetype synthetic emboldening.
This is a really old version of my .fonts.conf. I'm leaving it here, as I think it may be useful to some people.
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I am trying to simply disable smoothing and have full hinting for all fonts below a certain size. Using your .fonts.conf as an example I made the following .fonts.conf, but it doesn’t seem to work:
14
false
hintfull
Am I doing something wrong with the switches?
Thanks.
Well, the xml you submitted must have gotten stripped by the blog software, but I think this may be what you are trying to do:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Font_Configuration#I.27m_using_MS_TrueType_fonts_.28verdana.29_and_want_to_enable_anti-aliasing_but_only_for_bigger_fonts_that_look_too_jagged.
You need the 3 groups of xml code here because some apps looks for “size” and some look for “pixelsize”. Also, prior to these tags where you do the size restriction, you would also want to set a default of whatever you want… like hintstyle hintfull, antialias false, autohint false, etc. (You want autohint false if you are using microsoft fonts or their replacements).
Also, for what you are trying to do, my .fonts.conf may be a tad excessive.
You might just want to keep it simple and work your way up from there.
Hello! I want to ask, that I've copied your local.conf to /etc/fonts, and also I have /.fonts.conf, and .Xresources..I'm using KDE..should I delete my .fonts.conf? or keep it
Hi, I'm using Fedora 13 KDE Spin and thought I'd give your lastest file a go.
I backed up my ~/.fonts.conf file and my own /etc/fonts/local.conf, and tried your local.conf file – the fonts in some apps look much better but alas some also look worse (mainly various Plasmoids). So I'd like to reverse the changes – is this possible? I deleted your local.conf and re-instated my own files, but my fonts didn't change back – so its obviously more complicated than that. How do I reverse the changes that your local.conf made?
Best,
itsjustarumour
OK – quick update – managed to revert back to how things were!
Not sure which bit of this fixed it, but for anyone else wanting to reverse their changes heres what I did:
Deleted contents of /var/cache/fontconfig
su
yum reinstall font*
yum reinstall fonts*
fc-cache -f – v
Then reboot.
Best,
itsjustarumour