From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4660 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Petersen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: bitstream vera sans mono ugly in gnus Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:42:30 +0100 Organization: just testing gnus... Message-ID: <4235b0e4$0$1078$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net> References: <42345abc$0$1078$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net> <39l973F60qa11U1@individual.net> <42359857$0$26554$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <16949.42079.854993.937945@parhasard.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670533 24222 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:22:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:34:07 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Mar 2005 16:42:28 MET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 3205a3a2.newsread2.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=[KKXlAINQ6:j12nnM8XB1>Q5U85hF6f;4jW\KbG]kaM8liQbn6H@_E9dIfZjiSUU^7DhKW664h3d?]?RI_a?0ne4 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4801 Original-Lines: 37 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4801 Tue Jan 17 17:34:07 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4660 Archived-At: Aidan Kehoe writes: > Your other applications are using the Xft library, which Is And Ever Shall > Be better-looking than traditional server-side X11 fonts. There¢s a CVS > branch of XEmacs that incorporates support for this library; I don¢t o.k., but I use emacs, not xemacs, though I don't really know what are pros and cons of those two alternatives. > GNU Emacs certainly doesn¢t have it in CVS, but it may have a patch kicking > around. Well, found one site but the link to the patch is dysfunctional > What Frank Schmitt is talking about is the TrueType bytecode interpreter, > part of the TrueType specification. Because Apple has a patent on this > technology in the US, most Linux distributions ship with that functionality > turned off in FreeType. When enabled for the server-side font renderer, and > when using fonts that support these bytecode hints, display is improved, > though not to the level of Xft. Thanks for explaining that. Seems I am stuck with more or less ugly fonts then. :-( I did some google searching for good monospace fonts to use with emacs. But basically I didn't get one step forward. "terminus" has already been mentioned, but like I said, I don't like it better than my monotype-courier new, which is only a sad compromise. If someone still knows of good fixed width fonts for emacs, please, let me know. thanks again Peter