Re: gtk apps lost antialiasing settings after upgrade

[Vic Koci <vicster@bigpond.net.au>]

Hi all,

Looks like the "use anti-aliased fonts" in the Control Center worked for 
me. :-)


Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 14:26:01 +1000, Vic Koci wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > This morning i did an upgrade, (not a dist-upgrade), etch 3.5.3 and now 
> > i find myself having the same problem. The missing fonts in Firefox is 
> > really annoying, having to run the mouse over or highlight the missing 
> > text to be able to read it.
>
>
> There is a known bug in libcairo2 (both Etch and Sid):
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/07/msg00992.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/07/msg01023.html
>
> It seems that the problem manifests itself only for non-anti-aliased
> fonts. I have "use anti-aliased fonts" and "hinting style full" in my
> KDE Control Center font settings, and I can use firefox without
> problems. (libcairo2 version 1.2.0-3, firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-2, kde
> 3.5.3-1 on Sid)

Thanks for the tip Florian.

Cheers all & thanks,
Vic Koci.