dmd3x Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 I looked at a few screenshots of RedHat 8 and I noticed the smooth fonts! Is RedHat 8 currently the best distro for displaying fonts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[idkfa] Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 they just have anti-aliasing enabled by default, nothing special in my eyes though it really looks fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 That's Xft2 and Fontconfig what RedHat is using. They are already included in the XFree86 CVS version by default, which it's XFree86 4.3. Check my replied at -> https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...ST&f=30&t=56554 I have the very smooth fonts in the FreeBSD either. I have the screenshots in that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Any distro can have good fonts, just use this, and turn on anti-aliasing (if supported). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[idkfa] Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 That's Xft2 and Fontconfig what RedHat is using. They are already included in the XFree86 CVS version by default, which it's XFree86 4.3. doesn't only redhat 8.1 beta have xfree 4.3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 That's Xft2 and Fontconfig what RedHat is using. They are already included in the XFree86 CVS version by default, which it's XFree86 4.3. doesn't only redhat 8.1 beta have xfree 4.3? speaking of RedHat 8.1 beta, anyone know when the final is coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Hopefully not anytime soon, I just upgraded all my boxes to 8.0 (from scratch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathamon Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 hehe yes , i remember the good old days of shagged fonts in all apps so you couldnt read webpages properly in Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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