[Lilux-help] Fonts, Monitors and Graphics cards

[Patrick Kaell]

Hello,

Patrick Useldinger wrote:

> -1- the fonts used -> i.e. would using the Windows TTF fonts make a 
> large difference ?

Installing Windows TTF fonts can be nice, especially if you often open 
Word documents with OpenOffice. But as a first step, make sure that your 
monitor/graphics card is calibrated correctly.

> -2- the configuration for the monitor? For the desktop, I have put into 
> xorg.conf the values I found in my monitor's book; for the laptop, I 
> couldn't find the information yet so I left the defaults.
> -3- the graphics card driver? The desktop has a ATI Radeon 7500, and I 
> use the X.org "radeon" driver. For the laptop, I ended up using "vesa", 
> short of anything specific available for an ATI 3D Rage LT Pro.

Do you have a LCD (TFT) screen? A logical pixel must correspond to a 
physical pixel. Make sure that the screen resolution corresponds to your 
LCD screen's physical resolution. The frequencies must also be correct.

Make the following test:

Open a xterm (because xterm doesn't use anti aliased fonts). Type some 
text. The characters are composed of white and black pixels only. There 
must not be any gray pixels. All pixels should be sharp and clearly defined.

Greetings, Patrick Kaell