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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Browser font problem
From:       Rob Benton <rob.benton () conwaycorp ! net>
Date:       2002-12-31 16:03:09
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What version of KDE are you using?  When I upgraded from 3.0.4 -> 3.0.5
my antialias broke.  JRT told me that freetype needed to be re-installed
or something similar.  Anyway I never got it to work.  I'm hoping 3.1
will work for me.

But what are the steps you used to install your ttf/TTF fonts?

On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 06:32, Tony Bloomfield wrote:
> I'm not sure this is really a KDE 'problem', but perhaps someone out there 
> could help?
> 
> I've just copied all the Truetype fonts from my W*nd*ws partition, and done 
> the necessary to have them recognized by X and Ghostscript. This all appears 
> to have gone okay.
> 
> However, now when I use Konq to Google, all text is appearing 'double-spaced', 
> i.e. with wide gaps between each character. This not only makes it look 
> strange, but requires use of the horizontal scroll bar to see the whole page. 
> I tried changing the fonts in the Konq browser settings, but to no avail.
> 
> On having a look at the Google HTML, I find the following
> 
> <style><!--body,td,a,p,.h{font-family:arial,sans-serif;} .h{font-size: 20px;} 
> .h{color:}.q{text-decoration:none; color:#0000cc;}//--></style>
> 
> I have no idea what this means, but presumably this font request is overriding 
> my Konq settings.
> 
> So, can anyone tell me what I've done wrong, or point me at some info about 
> how KDE uses fonts, which might help me resolve the problem?
> 
> Cheers, and a Happy New year to those who celebrate same...
> 
> TonyB
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