Re: Anti-aliasing and other screen font annoyances - Debian Sarge.

From: cga (cga9999_at_softhome.net)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:49:17 -0500

Mike Mol wrote:
> cga wrote:
>
>
>>No, that's not the case. Actually, at one point the font, the aa, the
>
>
>>auto=hinting.. etc.. all put together made such a mess of it that it
>>looked pretty much like my console does at non-native resolutions.
>
>
> Now I'm curious...What's the color depth for your X display? If you're
> running with too few color shades, I can see how it would look screwy.
>

so many things that need to be checked..

...

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device "ATI|Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x"
         Monitor "Dell 1400X Laptop Display Panel"
         DefaultDepth 24
         Subsection "Display"
                 Depth 24
                 Modes "1400x1050"
         EndSubSection
...

again it's a shame I don't have a place where I can upload a few
screenshots for all to take a look at.. :-(

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