Re: [ft] sharp fonts on CentOS 5.1

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I would like to configure freetype to get sharp fonts on CentOS 5.1
> 
> This is would I tried so far ...
> - Installed the propriety ATI driver
> - followed the instructions under: http://www.sharpfonts.com/
> - rebuild the freetype rpm (redhat source) with BCI support enabled
> 
> It does not look as sharp as on Windows XP or as promised on the
> given web site.
> 
> Any idea what might be missing or got not configured correctly?

I have no idea about CentOS, but you should try the ft2demo programs
(for example, ftdiff) to check whether FreeType works as expected.

Maybe fontconfig must be configured too?


    Werner