Re: [ jEdit-users ] Good Fonts For jEdit On Linux

[Randall R S. <rs...@so...>]

Dennis,

Thanks for the suggestion.


On Friday 20 February 2004 11:39, you wrote:
> Randall R Schulz wrote:
> >Chris,
> >
> >On Friday 20 February 2004 08:22, Chris Petersen wrote:
> >>>I'm looking for optimal fonts (in general, but specifically for
> >>> use in jEdit). I've already found that the font anti-aliasing is
> >>> not to my taste, ...
> >>
> >>I've also found that to be true.  It seems that horizontal lines
> >>(tops/bottoms of some letters, underscores) anti-alias "brighter"
> >>than other sections of letters, leaving a very unbalanced look.  I
> >>assumed this is a problem with some swing/java component that jEdit
> >>had no control of, so I never reported it as a bug.
> >
> >Yes, poor uniformity is one symptom of the anti-aliasing, possibly
> > in combination with missing or poor hinting.
>
> I use Luxi Mono with jEdit on both notebook and desktop Linux
> systems, with excellent results. ...

Yes, Luxi Mono is included in my SuSE distribution. However, as I 
mentioned, I don't care for serifed fonts. The extra detail required by 
the serifs just don't render well in small sizes and it ends up 
compromising the letterforms' appearance and imparing readability.


>   - Dennis

Randy

P.S. I'm also learning a new mail client (KMail, which I really like), 
but it's still tripping me up a bit. Sorry about the reply mix-up.