Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> I am still not happy with linux font resolution and need to do
> something about that. Help appreciated - mail address is valid.
>

Fonts under X are managed by a font engine called Freetype. Because
of an Apple patent on font smoothing, the truetype bytecode interpreter
is disabled by default. Since you paid for Xandros you'd think they would
have paid the indemnification tax to Apple and enabled the feature for
the end user, which doesn't seem to be the case judging by your post.

To enable TT font smoothing that would allow your MS fonts to look like
they do under Windows, you need to do the following:

Go here and download "freetype-2.1.5.tar.gz" (source):
[url]http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3157[/url]

Unzip the file (should create a subdirectory called "freetype-2.1.5")

Make the following modifications to the sources below:

../freetype-2.1.5/devel/
File: ftoption.h
Remove the remark and enable this #define at line 402:
#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER

../freetype-2.1.5/include/freetype/config/
File: ftoption.h
Remove the remark and enable this define at line 402:
#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER

You should see the remark just above the #define explaining what
this does.

Configure your project for your distro and build it by typing:

../configure
make all
make install

Note: Under RH, I had to type "./configure --prefix=/usr" to get this
working. If you don't notice that your MS fonts are clean, try that
configure line.

To achieve best results, make sure to set anti-aliasing but exclude
font sizes between 8 and 11 (i.e. KDE Control Panel -> Fonts).