linux-opera with anti-alias

Jud judmarc at fastmail.fm
Sat Mar 6 19:33:08 PST 2004


On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 03:43:45 +0100, Peter Hollaubek <fifteen at inext.hu>  
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 08:03:09PM -0500, Jud wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:40:17 +0100, Peter Hollaubek <fifteen at inext.hu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Has anyone succeeded to use the linux-opera port with anti-aliased  
>> fonts?
>> >During installation it says the WITH_XFT2 variable should be set to
>> >enable
>> >aa fonts, and it does install the additional linux packages, though the
>> >fonts are rendered as usual. I've also tried setting the QT_XFT  
>> variable
>> >with
>> >no effect.
>>
>> Opera uses an older method of anti-aliasing which involves use of an
>> XftConfig file.  Though the document at the URL below describes a NetBSD
>> setup, it will work on FreeBSD, and Linux-Opera will be able to display
>> anti-aliased fonts if they are selected in fonts preferences.  I find  
>> the
>> Bitstream Vera fonts give a very nice appearance.
>>
>> <URL: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-x11/2002/12/29/0000.html>
>
> Thanks for the reply. Though the solution was not the one You've  
> mentioned,
> I've found the real one on freebsdforums.org. Just for the archive:
>
> Fontconfig uses a configuration file named fonts.conf, xft loads fonts
> according to this file. Though the configuration was good for native
> application (for they have a differend version installed with the native
> port in /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts/fonts.conf), the emulated opera found  
> another
> one like /usr/compat/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. You only have to symlink the  
> native
> to the other one, and everything's OK. Maybe this should be done by the  
> linux
> port automatically.

Then I suppose there is more than one "real" solution or it has changed in  
the very recent past, because an XftConfig file produces lovely  
anti-aliased fonts for me in Opera.

Jud


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