Differences between version 4 and predecessor to the previous major change of SubPixelAntiAliasing.
Other diffs: Previous Revision, Previous Author, or view the Annotated Edit History
| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Saturday, March 1, 2003 9:50:15 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:49:05 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@
!Linux support
If you are using the free type library (and you probably are if you are using a recent distribution), you can turn on subpixel anti-aliasing. You probably only want to do this on an LCD monitor (ie a flat panel or laptop display).
-Edit
/etc/X11/XftConfig (for every user) or $HOME/.xftconfig (just for yourself) and add the line:
+----
+For distributions using the freetype library version 1 (such as Debian Woody and RedHat 7), edit
/etc/X11/!
XftConfig (for every user) or $HOME/.xftconfig (just for yourself) and add the line:
match edit rgba=rgb;
This uses colour anti-aliasing rather than grey. You could also try
match edit rgba=bgr;
instead to see if it gives better results.
+
+----
+In RedHat 8, and other distros which use freetype 2, this is now managed by the fontconfig package, via the /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file. The addition is as follows:
+
+
+<!--
+ Enable sub-pixel rendering
+-->
+ <match target="font">
+ <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
+ </match>
