<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>I am sure by now everyone on this list knows how to set up an XServer. I have been trying to tweak my XServer settings to get the fonts to be better than Windows. That is what I want. No Beryl eye candy just the best, sharpest fonts I can get. I am really psyched about the final results and thought I'd share.
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<div>1.) I downloaded and installed the microsoft fonts </div>
<div>2.) I start the Xserver from the console with the standard "startx" command.</div>
<div>3..) I have a /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc file which contains.</div>
<div><em><font size="2"><font color="#993300"><font face="Courier New"> #!/bin/sh</font></font></font></em>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<em>exec /usr/X11R6/bin/X –dpi 96 –nolisten tcp</em></span></p></div>
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<div>I mistakenly thought this was enough to get fonts at a 96dpi; it wasn't. I didn't know you also need to set xfs to 96dpi. And that's when everything starts looking fabulous.</div>
<div>4.) I have a /etc/fonts/local.conf that contains:</div>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><?xml version="1.0"?></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "/etc/fonts/fonts.dtd"></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><fontconfig></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font face="Courier New" size="2"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><!-- Disable sub-pixel rendering.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>X detects it anyway, and if you set this as well, it just looks really horrible
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>--></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><match target="font" ></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><const>none</const>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="font" ></font></font></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><bool>true</bool>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="font" ></font></font></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><const>hintfull</const>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font face="Courier New" size="2"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><!-- The first part of the 'magic.'</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This makes the fonts start to look nice,</font></font></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but some of the shapes will be distorted, so hinting is needed still -->
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="font" ></font></font></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><bool>true</bool>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font face="Courier New" size="2"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><!-- Autohinter is not turned on automatically.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Only disable this if you have recompiled Freetype with the bytecode interpreter,
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>which is run automatically.<br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>--></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="pattern" ></font></font></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="autohint">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><bool>true</bool>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="font"></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><test name="weight" compare="more">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><const>medium</const>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></test></font>
</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><bool>false</bool>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></edit></font>
</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><!-- Helvetica is a non true type font, and will look bad.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This replaces it with whatever is the default sans-serif font -->
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><match target="pattern" name="family" >
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><test name="family" qual="any" >
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><string>Helvetica</string>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></test></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit mode="assign" name="family" >
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><string>sans-serif</string>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span></edit></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></match> </font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><match target="pattern"></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><edit name="dpi" mode="assign"><double>96</double></edit>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"></match></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><dir>/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-aleczapka/</dir>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><dir>/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/mscorefonts/</dir>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><dir>/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/ghostscript/</dir>
</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"></fontconfig></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New"></font></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #993300"><font size="2"><font face="Courier New">This local.conf was lifted from the archlinux wiki. It is at the very bottom of their configuring fonts page.
</font></font></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span>
</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
</span></i> </p></div>