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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9156 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2703 times Have thanks: 574 times 
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Post # 290185
 Re: Mepis feedbackThere is a perceptible difference when I use my 10 inch Netbook. There are only so many pixels available on a smaller screen. Increasing the size of the fonts can make a big difference to me.
_________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:26 am |
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Post # 290187
Re: Mepis feedback I keep my fonts set comfortably large on my netbook. Right now I'm using LMDE with LXDE desktop and the fonts look great. Earlier I tried Zevenos Debian with KDE desktop, and the fonts were horrible. I've yet to find a KDE distro that the fonts are not bad for me. I also tried Zevenos mini with the LXDE desktop, and fonts were bad there too. Need to find out what Mint is doing with its Debian distros fonts and copy it :-)
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:50 am |
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Post # 290228
Re: Mepis feedback It's possible they're using the Ubuntu fonts. Have you experimented with different fonts?
_________________ AMD E-450 64-bit APU, AMD M1 chipset, AMD Radeon 6320 video, 6GB RAM The question is half the size of the universe, and the answer takes up the other half. Green Comet |
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:49 pm |
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Post # 290235
Re: Mepis feedback Actually Mepis is set up with one of the best fonts IMO Dejavu Sans. Changing fonts can only do so much. I remember when I installed the Kubuntu desktop onto Ubuntu 11.10, it totally messed up the font rendering, changing fonts made no difference. I even removed the Kubuntu desktop, but it left the lousy font rendering behind. I finally removed the fontconfig file and got back the decent Ubuntu font rendering. So there is something in the font configuration files that messes up font rendering in some desktops and distros. It's above my pay grade, I just know when they look good to me and when they don't. I'm not alone, as mentioned by someone in an earlier post, others have noticed the poor font rendering.
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:07 pm |
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Post # 290258
Re: Mepis feedback Have you checked out anti-aliasing and DPI in System Settings - Application Appearance - Fonts?
_________________ AMD E-450 64-bit APU, AMD M1 chipset, AMD Radeon 6320 video, 6GB RAM The question is half the size of the universe, and the answer takes up the other half. Green Comet |
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:03 pm |
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Post # 290278
Re: Mepis feedback I had it set for anti-aliasing enabled and slight hinting.
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| Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:33 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9156 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2703 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 290296
Re: Mepis feedback I use medium hinting here and I'd use a higher setting if I thought it was needed.
_________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:26 am |
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Post # 290299
Re: Mepis feedback Mine's medium too.
_________________ AMD E-450 64-bit APU, AMD M1 chipset, AMD Radeon 6320 video, 6GB RAM The question is half the size of the universe, and the answer takes up the other half. Green Comet |
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| Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:06 am |
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MEPIS Novice  Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:10 pm Posts: 2 Has thanked: 0 time Have thanks: 0 time
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Post # 290302
Re: Mepis feedback the xubuntu is much sharper and clearer
m, as mentioned, regular Debian Stable looks worse than Mepis, but I don't have those on my computer. Mepis 11: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/J ... directlink Xubuntu 11.10: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U ... directlink Note that I have an AAO with a ten inch screen that I'm rather close to. I imagine on anything over 20 inches that you are setting some distance away from font rendering is probably not as noticeable. KBD[/quote] |
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| Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:48 am |
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Post # 290303
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| Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:20 am |
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