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Subject: Re: Default Font
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Percy_Camilo_Trive=F1o_Aucahuasi?=" <orgyforever () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-01-23 1:15:06
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>That will depend on your distribution. "Serif" and "Sans Serif" are
>not actual fonts, but they are 'requests' for a certain type of font
>(with and without serifs respectively) When you ask for "Sans Serif"
>you will get a font that matches this criteria. On Kubuntu for
>example asking for "Sans Serif" will give you "Deja Vu Sans". You can
>find out what a particular name maps to by running "fc-match 'font
>name'" in a terminal.
Thanks I didn't know it. ;-)
>It is not an ideal situation. I have seen at least a couple of
>reviews with negative comments about fonts. Looking at the
>screenshots shows something very different from what I see, even
>though presumably both of us are using the KDE defaults.
I removed all the fonts of my sistem except dejavu fonts, but kde4 still
request Sans Serif, so I don't know how to change the default font and avoid
this behaviour when I run a progrem from konsole.
2008/1/22, Robert Knight <robertknight@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Percy,
>
> > Firts, what is the default font to kde4?
>
> That will depend on your distribution. "Serif" and "Sans Serif" are
> not actual fonts, but they are 'requests' for a certain type of font
> (with and without serifs respectively) When you ask for "Sans Serif"
> you will get a font that matches this criteria. On Kubuntu for
> example asking for "Sans Serif" will give you "Deja Vu Sans". You can
> find out what a particular name maps to by running "fc-match 'font
> name'" in a terminal.
>
> See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif
>
> It is not an ideal situation. I have seen at least a couple of
> reviews with negative comments about fonts. Looking at the
> screenshots shows something very different from what I see, even
> though presumably both of us are using the KDE defaults.
>
> Regards,
> Robert.
>
> On 22/01/2008, Percy Camilo Triveņo Aucahuasi <orgyforever@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello, I have a problem here with fonts. Firts, what is the default font
> to
> > kde4? When I started kde4 for firts time the default was "Sans Serif",
> but
> > in my opinion ... is too ugly, so I changed to "Serif" (no much
> diference in
> > how they write but there's much diference in how they look :P)
> >
> > When I change the font to "Serif" all was ok, but when I run a kde4
> program
> > from konsole the program still have a "Sans Serif" font ... any ideas?
> >
> > Greetings
> > pd: Info:
> > Debian Sid (Debian 4.2.2-7)
> > gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20080114 (prerelease)
> > Qt version 4.3.3 in /home/********/qt-copy/lib (trunk)
> > KDE 4.00.80 (KDE 4.0.80 >= 20080104) (trunk)
> >
> >
> >
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>That will depend on your distribution. "Serif" and "Sans Serif" \
are<br>>not actual fonts, but they are 'requests' for a certain type of font<br>>(with and \
without serifs respectively) When you ask for "Sans Serif" <br>>you will get a font \
that matches this criteria. On Kubuntu for<br>>example asking for "Sans Serif" will \
give you "Deja Vu Sans". You can<br>>find out what a particular name maps to by \
running "fc-match 'font <br>>name'" in a terminal.<br><br>Thanks I didn't know \
it. ;-)<br><br>>It is not an ideal situation. I have seen at least a couple of<br>>reviews \
with negative comments about fonts. Looking at the<br> >screenshots shows something very \
different from what I see, even<br>>though presumably both of us are using the KDE defaults.<br><br>I \
removed all the fonts of my sistem except dejavu fonts, but kde4 still request Sans Serif, so I don't \
know how to change the default font and avoid this behaviour when I run a progrem from konsole. \
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/1/22, Robert Knight <<a \
href="mailto:robertknight@gmail.com">robertknight@gmail.com</a>>:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Percy,<br><br>> Firts, what is the default font to kde4?<br><br>That will \
depend on your distribution. "Serif" and "Sans Serif" are<br>not actual \
fonts, but they are 'requests' for a certain type of font <br>(with and without serifs \
respectively) When you ask for "Sans Serif"<br>you will get a font that matches this \
criteria. On Kubuntu for<br>example asking for "Sans Serif" will give you "Deja \
Vu Sans". You can <br>find out what a particular name maps to by running "fc-match \
'font<br>name'" in a terminal.<br><br>See: <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif</a><br><br>It is not an \
ideal situation. I have seen at least a couple of <br>reviews with negative comments about \
fonts. Looking at the<br>screenshots shows something very different from what I see, \
even<br>though presumably both of us are using the KDE defaults.<br><br>Regards,<br>Robert.<br> <br>On \
22/01/2008, Percy Camilo Triveņo Aucahuasi <<a \
href="mailto:orgyforever@gmail.com">orgyforever@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hello, I have a problem \
here with fonts. Firts, what is the default font to<br>> kde4? When I started kde4 for firts time the \
default was "Sans Serif", but <br>> in my opinion ... is too ugly, so I changed to \
"Serif" (no much diference in<br>> how they write but there's much diference in how they \
look :P)<br>><br>> When I change the font to "Serif" all was ok, but when I run a kde4 \
program <br>> from konsole the program still have a "Sans Serif" font ... any \
ideas?<br>><br>> Greetings<br>> pd: Info:<br>> Debian Sid (Debian 4.2.2-7)<br>> gcc (GCC) \
4.2.3 20080114 (prerelease)<br>> Qt version 4.3.3 in /home/********/qt-copy/lib (trunk)<br>> KDE \
4.00.80 (KDE 4.0.80 >= 20080104) (trunk)<br>><br>><br>><br>> >> Visit<br>> <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub
</a> to<br>> unsubscribe <<<br>><br>><br><br>>> Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> \
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