On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:08:00 +0100
spamtrap_at_koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:05:39 +0200, stu wrote:
>
> > Anti-aliasing works perfectly in my fvwm 2.5.8 (cvs snapshot). Looks
> > great with transparency!
>
> Cool! What did you do?
>
> I've got this on my box:
>
> $ grep Load /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "ddc"
> # Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "record"
> Load "speedo"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> $ fvwm --version
> fvwm 2.5.8 compiled on Mar 11 2004 at 23:55:48
> with support for: ReadLine, RPlay, Stroke, XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM,
> Bidi text, Xinerama, XRender, XFT, NLS
stu_at_pegasus:stu$ grep Load /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
I have a GeForce4 MX graphics card.
stu_at_pegasus:stu$ fvwm --version
fvwm 2.5.8 (from cvs) compiled on Sep 11 2003 at 18:25:52
with support for: XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM, XRender, XFT, NLS
> (Debian unstable with the latest XFree86 4.3.0-packages, the fvwm
> from experimental, lastest fontconfig).
Like me, and presumably you have freetype2 too?
> I'm not well versed in the whole font-handling thing, so I will
> appreciate any pointers to where I should read more/what I should
> frob.
I am NO expert, but these are my experiences in getting anti-aliasing
going :
1. You need to have true-type fonts installed on your machine, and seen
by your X server. Here is an excellent link explaining how to do this :
http://www.linuxgnubbie.com/index.php?module=article&view=13
Now you should be able to run 'fc-list' and see the true-type fonts
available on your machine.
2. fvwm needs to be compiled with xft support (as yours is)
3. You need to tell fvwm to use true-type fonts. The man page has got
good instructions on how to do this(search for FONT NAMES AND FONT
LOADING), but it is quite easy. The crux of the matter is supplying the
correct 'Font' entry ie
Style * Font "xft:Lucida
Console:medium:Regular:size=14:encoding=iso8859-1"
The above is one line.
Another interesting link I found is the 'Font De-uglification HOWTO' :
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/index.html
which contains tips and tricks for how to improve X Window fonts.
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