Ubuntu Hardy's LCD sub-pixel font rendering in Fedora 9 - Page 11

tylerwylie · #**151** 3rd November 2009, 03:23 AM

Ah, I got it working now... looks much better

http://omploader.org/vMm9vOQ/fonts-conf.d.tar.gz

http://omploader.org/vMm9vOA/src_rpms.tar.gz

Here are packages to mess around with.

tylerwylie · #**152** 6th November 2009, 10:17 AM

Hmm, not working now with an edit. Will attempt again, but hey most of the patches are in the src rpm's guys so lets get this working.

vishytk · #**153** 24th November 2009, 05:32 AM

Updated the packages for F12.

http://office.penguin-infotech.com:81/subpixcel/F12/

brebs · #**154** 24th November 2009, 02:10 PM

You should still be including cairo-respect-fontconfig.patch - it's useful.

mrgrieves · #**155** 29th November 2009, 01:11 AM

Ubuntu's karmic fonts are imho the best font's I've ever seen (forget mac or microsoft fonts) ... Fire up Karmic in kvm and check it out.

has anyone successfully created that same effect in Fedora 12? what steps do I need to follow in a fresh Fedora12 install to enjoy the same fonts karmic has by default?

Thanks in advance,

mrgrieves

bub181 · #**156** 2nd December 2009, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vishytk

Updated the packages for F12.

http://office.penguin-infotech.com:81/subpixcel/F12/

Hi vishytk,
Thanks for making those updated packages for Fedora 12. Have you included the "cairo-respect-fontconfig.patch" that brebs suggested?
I'm currently using the font packages which are here: http://www.infinality.net/blog/?p=5
Are your ones better than those?
Thanks!

leigh123linux · #**157** 2nd December 2009, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bub181

Hi vishytk,
Thanks for making those updated packages for Fedora 12. Have you included the "cairo-respect-fontconfig.patch" that brebs suggested?
I'm currently using the font packages which are here: http://www.infinality.net/blog/?p=5
Are your ones better than those?
Thanks!

The freeworld packages are better IMO as they don't replace system libs.

brebs · #**158** 2nd December 2009, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

replace system libs.

You've got to be kidding me. The whole point is that adding Ubuntu's patches, results in SUPERIOR system libs.

I do so enjoy stating the bleeding obvious yet again

leigh123linux · #**159** 2nd December 2009, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brebs

You've got to be kidding me. The whole point is that adding Ubuntu's patches, results in SUPERIOR system libs.

I do so enjoy stating the bleeding obvious yet again

I only had a quick look at the srpms but they appear to have cleartype and subpixle patches

http://www.infinality.net/fedora/linux/12/SRPMS/

bub181 · #**160** 2nd December 2009, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

I only had a quick look at the srpms but they appear to have cleartype and subpixle patches

http://www.infinality.net/fedora/linux/12/SRPMS/

Thanks so much for your help guys. So what do you suggest is the best way for me to get all the font rendering patches working on fedora 12? Does Ubuntu have a set of predefined config files describing how to best display each type of font? I found that with the patches I am using that I had to edit the ~/.fonts.conf file to get the proper hinting, lcdfilter, etc. working.

adihodos · #**161** 19th March 2010, 07:46 PM

I have installed the patches mentioned here (http://www.infinality.net/blog/?p=5) along with the rpms from here http://www.infinality.net/blog/?p=10. Fonts look great in GTK apps but uber crappy in QT based apps. (see attached screenshot). Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this problem ?