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The default fonts look fine until I run gnome-settings-daemon and then=20
suddenly kde fonts get WAAAY too big. But the gnome fonts (which previously=
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were too small) become the correct size.

I've been unable to get the gnome and kde fonts sizes matching up.



On 7/4/05, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
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> Heinrich Wendel wrote:
> > I think many people noticed it, but nobody seems to care, not even on
> > bugs.kde.org <http://bugs.kde.org>. The default Fonts in KDE are not=20
> very well choosen.
> >
> > There are two problems:
> >
> > 1.) They point to values that are either not installed on many systems=
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> or not
> > Antialiaseable. This is why many people think their Fonts are broken,=
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> but
> > they are not. Just the Defaults are broken. A very easy fix for this to
> > change the default values to "sans", "serif" and "monotype", so=20
> fontconfig
> > can take care of it. If this raises Problems on distributions without
> > fontconfig (any distribution out there without fontconfig? i don't thin=
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> so)
> > we can put ifdefs around this.
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> Yes this change should be made to replace Helvetica with "Sans Serif".
> This is probably OK to replace Courier with "Monospace" as well since
> the Type1 Courier that comes with XFree86 is quite old.
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> XFree86 and Xorg now ship with FontConfig so it shouldn't be a problem.
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> > 2.) The size of the fonts is to big. I propose to reduce it to 10points=
.
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> I don't see the fonts as being too big. Do you have a 1024x768 screen
> set to 100 DPI?
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> --
> JRT
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The default fonts look fine until I run gnome-settings-daemon and then
suddenly kde fonts get WAAAY too big. But the gnome fonts (which
previously were too small) become the correct size.<br>
<br>
I've been unable to get the gnome and kde fonts sizes matching up.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 7/4/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendernam=
e">James Richard Tyrer</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tyrerj@acm.org">tyrerj@acm=
.org</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border=
-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-lef=
t: 1ex;">
Heinrich Wendel wrote:<br>&gt; I think many people noticed it, but nobody s=
eems to care, not even on<br>&gt; <a href=3D"http://bugs.kde.org">bugs.kde.=
org</a>. The default Fonts in KDE are not very well choosen.<br>&gt;<br>&gt=
; There are two problems:
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; 1.) They point to values that are either not installed on =
many systems or not<br>&gt; Antialiaseable. This is why many people think t=
heir Fonts are broken, but<br>&gt; they are not. Just the Defaults are brok=
en. A very easy fix for this to
<br>&gt; change the default values to &quot;sans&quot;, &quot;serif&quot; a=
nd &quot;monotype&quot;, so fontconfig<br>&gt; can take care of it. If this=
 raises Problems on distributions without<br>&gt; fontconfig (any distribut=
ion out there without fontconfig? i don't think so)
<br>&gt; we can put ifdefs around this.<br><br>Yes this change should be ma=
de to replace Helvetica with &quot;Sans Serif&quot;.<br>This is probably OK=
 to replace Courier with &quot;Monospace&quot; as well since<br>the Type1 C=
ourier that comes with XFree86 is quite old.
<br><br>XFree86 and Xorg now ship with FontConfig so it shouldn't be a prob=
lem.<br><br>&gt; 2.) The size of the fonts is to big. I propose to reduce i=
t to 10points.<br><br>I don't see the fonts as being too big.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do=
 you have a 1024x768 screen
<br>set to 100 DPI?<br><br>--<br>JRT<br><br><br>&gt;&gt; Visit <a href=3D"h=
ttp://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub">http://mail.kde.org/ma=
ilman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to unsubscribe &lt;&lt;<br></blockquote>
</div><br><br><br>-- <br>University of Victoria<br>Department of Computer S=
cience<br>Victoria, BC, Canada<br>

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