Not Solved e: Solved Re: Horrible fonts 11.10

[Nigel Ridley]

On 03/15/2012 01:47 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 15/03/12 06:02, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> On 03/14/2012 05:31 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>> On 03/14/2012 04:57 PM, Isak Enström wrote:
>>>> Den 14 mars 2012 11:53 skrev Nigel Ridley<nigel at prayingforisrael.net>:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Running 11.10
>>>>> Don't really know why I did it but I went into System Setting>
>>>>> Application Appearance> Fonts and changed the option 'Use anti_aliasing:'
>>>>> from 'System Settings' to 'Enabled' and then clicked on the 'Configure'
>>>>> button and checked 'Use sub-pixel rendering:'RGB' and then chose 'Hinting
>>>>> style:' 'Medium'. Clicked 'OK' and then 'Apply'.
>>>>> Then the fonts looked ugly in newly opened apps. I then went back and
>>>>> returned the font setting to how they were to begin with: 'Use
>>>>> anti_aliasing:' 'System Settings'. But still the fonts looked the same :-(
>>>>> No matter what I tried to change the fonts still are ugly.
>>>>>
>>>>> What can I do to get back my nice looking fonts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nigel
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Try deleting/renaming /home/<username>/.fonts.conf
>>>>
>>>> ~~
>>>> Isak
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>>>
>>> That did the trick - Thank you :-)
>>> I was actually .fontconfig
>>>
>>> Nigel
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I thought it was solved - the fonts looked much better than before but they are still not crisp.
>> The only thing I could find in .kde was .kde/share/config/kcmfonts:
>> [General]
>> dontChangeAASettings=true
>> forceFontDPI=0
>>
>> So where else might the settings be?
>> I suppose I could put up with them and wait until a clean install of 12.04
>>
>> Nigel
>
> You don't mention on what hardware you are having this problem - a desktop with XXXXX monitor
> (where XXXX is a CRT or an LCD, which make and at what resolution) or is on a laptop.
>
> You also don't mention what video you are using - nVidia or Radeon, on board the mobo or as a
> separate video card - and whether you have the *proper* driver installed or still using the
> default driver.
>
> Nor do you mention which fonts you are using. I mention this because there are fonts specially
> designed for printers and those designed for use for displaying text on monitors.
>
> The other thing, if you want to see decent fonts you do need to enable anti-aliasing with
> sub-pixel rendering -provided that you have the proper video driver installed and you monitor is
> capable of doing this.
>
> BC
>
>

It is on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with Intel onboard graphics. But non of that is really 
important as the fonts were wonderful before I changed the settings and now changing the settings 
back to the way they were still leaves the fonts not as they were.
The point of all this is: How does one get back the original settings that come with a default 
install after having played with the settings and messed them up?

I shall create another user account and see if the fonts are clean - if they are then I shall try 
and find the config file and copy it over to my account.

Nigel