Re: vera font curiosity
Did you check and compare the font rendering options? Maybe something is
set differently in one than the other.
OT: is anyone else getting two copies of these emails?
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Dana
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 19:56, Ryan Lovett wrote:
> Last week I built GNOME 2.4 using garnome and was pleased to discover a change
> in the appearance of the Bitstream Vera font. It looked like screenshots I'd
> seen of Red Hat desktops. Just now, however, I installed the debs from the
> bxlug site posted recently and found that the Vera font reverted to its
> previous appearance.
>
> I've attached a small screenshot. At the top is the GNOME 2.2 (sid) and GNOME
> 2.4 (bxlug) appearance and at the bottom is the GNOME 2.4 (garnome). Note the
> difference in the 'a'. I opened the bottom window by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
> my garnome build and using /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties from the bxlug
> packages. One of the libraries is responsible? Is there a configuration to
> enable the bottom appearance no matter which GNOME build I'm using?
>
> Ryan
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