Getting cleartype-like fonts on linux

[brunson]

This package only provides 2 patches to freetype i.e patented bytecode interpreter and subpixel rendering .

I combined the patches in post #1 as well ( it seems to work well here with my LCD ) .

http://quanli.googlepages.com/davidt...esfordebiansid

Gotcha. Thanks. :-)

[mohbana]

leigh123@linux thanks alot man, the fonts look suuupppeerrbb.

[Wayne]

Hi Leigh,

I presume it would be better to remove freetype-freeworld if one was going to use your patched freetype RPM?

Wayne

[leigh123linux]

Hi Leigh,

I presume it would be better to remove freetype-freeworld if one was going to use your patched freetype RPM?

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

Yes I would remove the freetype-freeworld package first .


Leigh

[Wayne]

Thanks Leigh and thanks for the package!

Wayne

[brebs]

I'd really like to the get the *same* font settings as Ubuntu

Use these RPMs which incorporate Ubuntu's patches.

[leigh123linux]

Use these RPMs which incorporate Ubuntu's patches.

So do my rpm's

http://quanli.googlepages.com/davidt...esfordebiansid

[brebs]

Where's your fontconfig patch then?

As in my 03_lcd_filter_freedesktop_bug13566_fedora.patch in fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

#define FC_LCD_FILTER_NONE    0
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT 1
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT   2
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_LEGACY  3

Ubuntu's patches are best IMO, giving the choice of rendering methods:

lcdfilterdefault, lcdfilterlight, lcdfilterlegacy

There's some variations of the algorithms floating around, also, to give slightly different results. This is because different algorithms look better on different monitors, to different people's eyes.

[leigh123linux]

Where's your fontconfig patch then?

As in my 03_lcd_filter_freedesktop_bug13566_fedora.patch in fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

#define FC_LCD_FILTER_NONE    0
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT 1
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT   2
#define FC_LCD_FILTER_LEGACY  3

Ubuntu's patches are best IMO, giving the choice of rendering methods:

lcdfilterdefault, lcdfilterlight, lcdfilterlegacy

There's some variations of the algorithms floating around, also, to give slightly different results. This is because different algorithms look better on different monitors, to different people's eyes.

I didn't know about the fontconfig patch ( thanks for pointing it out )
I see you have the same build error .
I prefer not to ignore the RPATH errors and build the package using mock instead.

* - to ignore standard and empty RPATHs, execute 'rpmbuild' like
*   $ QA_RPATHS=$[ 0x0001|0x0010 ] rpmbuild my-package.src.rpm
* - to check existing files, set $RPM_BUILD_ROOT and execute check-rpaths like
*   $ RPM_BUILD_ROOT=<top-dir> /usr/lib/rpm/check-rpaths
*  
*******************************************************************************
ERROR   0001: file '/usr/bin/fc-list' contains a standard rpath '/usr/lib64' in [/usr/lib64]
ERROR   0001: file '/usr/bin/fc-cat' contains a standard rpath '/usr/lib64' in [/usr/lib64]
ERROR   0001: file '/usr/bin/fc-cache' contains a standard rpath '/usr/lib64' in [/usr/lib64]
ERROR   0001: file '/usr/bin/fc-match' contains a standard rpath '/usr/lib64' in [/usr/lib64]
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.77524 (%install)

[leigh123linux]

Patched fontconfig rpm's (without brebs's ubuntu conf's )


i386

http://www.4shared.com/file/50206673...t_i386tar.html



x86_64

http://www.4shared.com/file/50206924...x86_64tar.html




SRPM

I have included the srpm's in both downloads !

build command ( you will need mock installed to build )

i386

mock -r fedora-9-i386 rebuild --with lcdfilter_config fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

x86_64

mock -r fedora-9-x86_64 rebuild --with lcdfilter_config fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

[Wayne]

Leigh, once again, thanks! Having a beer for you right now

Wayne

[leigh123linux]

Patched fontconfig rpm's (includes brebs's ubuntu conf's ) , the reason I have done it this way is because I dislike anything to do with ubuntu .
Choice is good


i386

http://www.4shared.com/file/50215064...igi386tar.html




x86_64

http://www.4shared.com/file/50215183...x86_64tar.html



SRPM

I have included the srpm's in both downloads !

build command ( you will need mock installed to build )

i386

mock -r fedora-9-i386 rebuild --with lcdfilter_config --with ubuntu_fonts_conf  --with ubuntu_monospace_lcd_filter_conf --with ubuntu_add_hinting_and_antialiasing_confs fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

x86_64

mock -r fedora-9-x86_64 rebuild --with lcdfilter_config --with ubuntu_fonts_conf  --with ubuntu_monospace_lcd_filter_conf --with ubuntu_add_hinting_and_antialiasing_confs fontconfig-2.5.0-2.fc9.src.rpm

[brebs]

So, as with Ubuntu and my RPMs, you should have 3 different rendering styles available, which are visibly different: default, light and legacy. Do you?

[JN4OldSchool]

So, as with Ubuntu and my RPMs, you should have 3 different rendering styles available, which are visibly different: default, light and legacy. Do you?

Try updating the kernel.

[leigh123linux]

So, as with Ubuntu and my RPMs, you should have 3 different rendering styles available, which are visibly different: default, light and legacy. Do you?

It seems to work , I had to edit /home/leigh/.Xresources with the desired settings and merge them.

[leigh@localhost ~]$ xrdb -merge /home/leigh/.Xresources

Is this correct ?

[leigh@localhost ~]$ xrdb -q | more
*Box.background:	#ece9e9
*Box.foreground:	#000000
*Button.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Button.activeForeground:	#000000
*Button.background:	#ece9e9
*Button.foreground:	#000000
*Button.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Button.highlightColor:	#000000
*Canvas.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Canvas.activeForeground:	#000000
*Canvas.background:	#ffffff
*Canvas.foreground:	#000000
*Canvas.highlightBackground:	#ffffff
*Canvas.highlightColor:	#000000
*Canvas.selectbackground:	#008dd7
*Canvas.selectforeground:	#ffffff
*Checkbutton.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Checkbutton.activeForeground:	#000000
*Checkbutton.background:	#ece9e9
*Checkbutton.foreground:	#000000
*Checkbutton.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Checkbutton.highlightColor:	#000000
*Command.background:	#ece9e9
*Command.foreground:	#000000
*Dialog.background:	#ece9e9
*Dialog.foreground:	#000000
*Entry.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Entry.activeForeground:	#000000
*Entry.background:	#ffffff
*Entry.foreground:	#000000
*Entry.highlightBackground:	#ffffff
*Entry.highlightColor:	#000000
*Entry.selectBackground:	#008dd7
*Entry.selectForeground:	#ffffff
*Form.background:	#ece9e9
*Form.foreground:	#000000
*Frame.background:	#ece9e9
*Frame.foreground:	#000000
*Label.background:	#ece9e9
*Label.foreground:	#000000
*Label.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Label.highlightColor:	#000000
*Labelframe.background:	#ece9e9
*Labelframe.foreground:	#000000
*Labelframe.highlightColor:	#000000
*List.background:	#ffffff
*List.foreground:	#000000
*Listbox.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Listbox.activeForeground:	#000000
*Listbox.background:	#ffffff
*Listbox.foreground:	#000000
*Listbox.highlightBackground:	#ffffff
*Listbox.highlightColor:	#000000
*Listbox.selectBackground:	#008dd7
*Listbox.selectForeground:	#ffffff
*Menu.activeBackground:	#008dd7
*Menu.activeForeground:	#ffffff
*Menu.background:	#ece9e9
*Menu.foreground:	#000000
*MenuButton.background:	#ece9e9
*MenuButton.foreground:	#000000
*Menubutton.activeBackground:	#008dd7
*Menubutton.activeForeground:	#ffffff
*Menubutton.background:	#ece9e9
*Menubutton.foreground:	#000000
*Menubutton.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Menubutton.highlightColor:	#000000
*Radiobutton.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Radiobutton.activeForeground:	#000000
*Radiobutton.background:	#ece9e9
*Radiobutton.foreground:	#000000
*Radiobutton.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Radiobutton.highlightColor:	#000000
*Scale.activeBackground:	#ece9e9
*Scale.activeForeground:	#000000
*Scale.background:	#ece9e9
*Scale.foreground:	#000000
*Scale.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Scale.highlightColor:	#000000
*Scrollbar*background:	#ece9e9
*Scrollbar.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Scrollbar.background:	#ece9e9
*Scrollbar.foreground:	#000000
*Scrollbar.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Scrollbar.highlightColor:	#000000
*ScrollbarBackground:	#ece9e9
*SimpleMenu*background:	#ece9e9
*SimpleMenu*foreground:	#000000
*Text.activeBackground:	#ffffff
*Text.activeForeground:	#000000
*Text.background:	#ffffff
*Text.foreground:	#000000
*Text.highlightBackground:	#ffffff
*Text.highlightColor:	#000000
*Text.selectBackground:	#008dd7
*Text.selectForeground:	#ffffff
*Toggle.background:	#ece9e9
*Toggle.foreground:	#000000
*Toplevel.activeBackground:	#ece9e9
*Toplevel.activeForeground:	#000000
*Toplevel.background:	#ece9e9
*Toplevel.foreground:	#000000
*Toplevel.highlightBackground:	#ece9e9
*Toplevel.highlightColor:	#000000
*XmCascadeButton.background:	#ece9e9
*XmCascadeButton.foreground:	#000000
*XmCascadeButtonGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmCascadeButtonGadget.foreground:	#000000
*XmDialogShell.background:	#ece9e9
*XmDialogShell.foreground:	#000000
*XmFileSelectionBox.background:	#ece9e9
*XmFileSelectionBox.foreground:	#000000
*XmForm.background:	#ece9e9
*XmForm.foreground:	#000000
*XmFrame.background:	#ece9e9
*XmFrame.foreground:	#000000
*XmLabel.background:	#ece9e9
*XmLabel.foreground:	#000000
*XmLabelGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmLabelGadget.foreground:	#000000
*XmList.background:	#ffffff
*XmList.foreground:	#000000
*XmMenuShell.background:	#ece9e9
*XmMenuShell.foreground:	#000000
*XmMessageBox.background:	#ece9e9
*XmMessageBox.foreground:	#000000
*XmPanedWindow.background:	#ece9e9
*XmPanedWindow.foreground:	#000000
*XmPushButton.background:	#ece9e9
*XmPushButton.foreground:	#000000
*XmPushButtonGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmPushButtonGadget.foreground:	#000000
*XmRowColumn.background:	#ece9e9
*XmRowColumn.foreground:	#000000
*XmSash.background:	#ece9e9
*XmSash.foreground:	#000000
*XmScrollBar.background:	#ece9e9
*XmScrollBar.foreground:	#000000
*XmScrolledWindow.background:	#ece9e9
*XmScrolledWindow.foreground:	#000000
*XmSelectionBox.background:	#ece9e9
*XmSelectionBox.foreground:	#000000
*XmSeparator.background:	#ece9e9
*XmSeparator.foreground:	#000000
*XmSeparatorGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmSeparatorGadget.foreground:	#000000
*XmTearOffButton.background:	#ece9e9
*XmTearOffButton.foreground:	#000000
*XmTearOffButtonGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmTearOffButtonGadget.foreground:	#000000
*XmText.background:	#ffffff
*XmText.foreground:	#000000
*XmTextField.background:	#ffffff
*XmTextField.foreground:	#000000
*XmToggleButton.background:	#ece9e9
*XmToggleButton.foreground:	#000000
*XmToggleButtonGadget.background:	#ece9e9
*XmToggleButtonGadget.foreground:	#000000
*background:	#ece9e9
*foreground:	#000000
Editres*Panner.Background:	#ece9e9
Editres*Tree.Background:	#ffffff
Editres*Tree.Foreground:	#000000
Editres*Tree.Toggle.Background:	#ece9e9
Editres*Tree.Toggle.Foreground:	#000000
Emacs*Background:	#ffffff
Emacs*Dialog*background:	#ece9e9
Emacs*Dialog*foreground:	#000000
Emacs*Foreground:	#000000
Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background:	#ece9e9
Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Foreground:	#000000
Emacs*backgroundToolBarColor:	#ece9e9
Emacs*bottomToolBarShadowColor:	#ece9e9
Emacs*menubar*background:	#ece9e9
Emacs*menubar*foreground:	#000000
Emacs*popup*Background:	#ece9e9
Emacs*popup*Foreground:	#000000
Emacs*topToolBarShadowColor:	#ece9e9
Emacs.default.attributeBackground:	#ffffff
Emacs.default.attributeForeground:	#000000
Emacs.mode-line.attributeForeground:	#000000
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeBackground:	#ece9e9
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeForeground:	#000000
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeBackground:	#ece9e9
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeForeground:	#000000
Xcursor.size:	18
Xcursor.theme:	default
Xcursor.theme_core:	true
Xft.antialias:	1
Xft.dpi:	96
Xft.hinting:	1
Xft.hintstyle:	hintmedium
Xft.lcdfilter:	lcdfilterlight
Xft.rgba:	rgb
[leigh@localhost ~]$

Thank you for pointing out the patch


Leigh