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XFree86 Font De-uglification HOWTO

Hal Burgiss

hal at foobox.net

v2.04c, 30 October 2002

How to improve X Window fonts. Various tips for improving font handling for XFree86, including sections on font servers, TrueType fonts, Mozilla, and related topics.

Archived Document Notice: This document has been archived by the LDP.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Conventions Used in this Document
1.2. Change Log and What's New
1.3. New Versions
1.4. Copyright
1.5. Credits
1.6. Translations

2. X Server Configuration

2.1. Setting The FontPath
2.2. X Server Command Line Options

3. TrueType Fonts

3.1. Making TrueType Fonts Available
3.2. TrueType Hinting
3.3. Configuration
3.4. Font Servers
3.5. The fonts.alias File

4. XFree86 4.x

4.1. Xft and Core Fonts
4.2. Anti-aliasing
4.3. Red Hat 7.x and 8.x Differences

5. Adjusting Fonts in Specific Applications

5.1. Netscape
5.2. Mozilla

6. Odds and Ends

6.1. Notes
6.2. Links

A. Appendix: Font Servers

A.1. xfstt
A.2. Red Hat's xfs
A.3. xfsft

B. Appendix: fonts.dir to fonts.alias

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