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Saturday, September 13th 2003, 3:24pm

Antialias fonts in Konqueror

Can anyone tell me how to antialias fonts in Konqueror, or where I can get an extension that will antialias fonts in Konqueror?

Thanks! ^_^
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Sunday, September 14th 2003, 1:32am

Check the fontsection in the KDE Control center

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Sunday, September 14th 2003, 9:51am

Thanks!
I'd feared that it wasn't possible as I'd read a message on another forum that "Konqueror was the worst browser ever, because it doesn't antialias fonts".
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Sunday, September 14th 2003, 5:14pm

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Thanks!
I'd feared that it wasn't possible as I'd read a message on another forum that "Konqueror was the worst browser ever, because it doesn't antialias fonts".

Konqueror was the first browser that supported anti aliased fonts, so don't believe the fud :)

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Monday, September 29th 2003, 5:54pm

Hmmm, I did that... but the fonts still look horrendous.
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Monday, September 29th 2003, 5:58pm

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Hmmm, I did that... but the fonts still look horrendous.


Hmm, try installing better fonts..
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Monday, September 29th 2003, 6:13pm

Where do I get better fonts from? Is there any way of downloading Windows fonts for Linux? It's just that very few websites include Linux fonts on their pages, so it gets a bit boring seeing everything in Helvetica all the time.
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Monday, September 29th 2003, 7:44pm

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Is there any way of downloading Windows fonts for Linux?

They're available at sourceforge:
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

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Monday, September 29th 2003, 9:40pm

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Where do I get better fonts from? Is there any way of downloading Windows fonts for Linux? It's just that very few websites include Linux fonts on their pages, so it gets a bit boring seeing everything in Helvetica all the time.

Doe you have Windows?
If you got Windows, you can install the true type fonts from Windows (or windows apps like Corel WP, Corel usually puts hundreds of ttf fonts on their installation disks) in KDE (actually X Window) with the fontinstaller in kcontrol.

If you don't have Windows or Windows applications, try looking for free true type fonts on the Internet.

Bitstream developed some true type fonts for Linux, check out their site too..

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Monday, September 29th 2003, 9:45pm

Unfortunately, yes I do have Windows installed on four of my computers. So basically, I can just copy the Windows fonts on to disk and then install them in Linux? Where's the Linux font folder?

The current fonts I have, even with antialiasing switched on, at sizes over about 12pt the letter "o" looks like a cog in Konqueror (and probably other programs as well).
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Monday, September 29th 2003, 10:06pm

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Unfortunately, yes I do have Windows installed on four of my computers. So basically, I can just copy the Windows fonts on to disk and then install them in Linux? Where's the Linux font folder?

If you wait for kde 3.2, you can copy the fonts from the Windows directory into the Linux- directory in Konqueror.

For now, you can't.

What can you do?
Open the fontinstaller in kde's kcontrol, and follow the directions.

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The current fonts I have, even with antialiasing switched on, at sizes over about 12pt the letter "o" looks like a cog in Konqueror (and probably other programs as well).

Yep, common problem with Unix fonts, they are bitmap fonts, not vector fonts, like ttf..

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