Fonts do not look so nice as before F6

[Paul Smith]

On 10/27/06, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> >>> I have just upgraded from FC5 to FC6, but the fonts do not look so
> >>> nice as before. I have the anti-aliasing on and I am using KDE.
> >
> >
> > Ed Greshko:
> >> Try the following....
> >>
> >> 1.  Disable anti-aliasing.
> >> 2.  Logout and use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X server.
> >> 3.  Login and enable anti-aliasing.
> >> 4.  Logout and use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X server.
> >> 5.  Login and see if your fonts are improved.
> >
> > Good grief!  If that sort of thing is necessary, and required, it makes
> > you wonder if someone in Fedora has being taking hints from Microsoft.
>
> FWIW, I did bugzilla it and it has been fixed but just didn't make it into
> the release.  Also, I looked back at my report and it really was only
> necessary to:
>
> 1. Login as KDE user.
> 2. Go to the KDE "Control Center" --> "Fonts" menu
> 3. Deselect Anti-Aliasing then hit "apply"
> 4. Select Anti-Aliasing then hit "apply"
> 5. Logout/Login

The above does really improve the way fonts display!

Paul