Blurry monitor on FC4

[jdow]

From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>

> On 1/20/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>> - capture an entire desktop as the image you referenced has no context
>> so it looks as one might expect.
>>
>> - what desktop manager? KDE? GNOME?
>>
>> - what program is this an issue? (which mail or oowriter or ??)
>>
>> Craig
>>
> 
> This is the link to the fullsize image:
> http://dotancohen.com/fullsize.png
> 
> Note that it is 500kb is size. I let the browser window cover half the
> screen to show the text, and the background (nice tux pic!). It is KDE
> 3.(4||5) and the issue is in all programs. Firefox, Acrobat Reader,
> Tbird, and Kate are my 'biggies' because I read a lot of text.

It looks like your text is heavily anti-aliased to the point that it looks
like the characters have shadows. I don't know if X allows selecting the
degree of anti-aliasing involved. If it does I'd reduce it's level. (If
you temporarily turn it off the edges should look VERY sharp and clear.)

Since this shows in a screen shot not a camera shot the effect is not
likely a cable or monitor effect.
{^_^}