Hi,
To display eye-pleasing Truetype fonts in Xorg, /etc/fonts/local.conf
needs to set few options:
- Anti-aliasing
- Hinting
- RGB type of LCD monitor
- LCD filter
The link (
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php) explains how to
identify RGB type of your LCD monitor.
Here is my /etc/fonts/local.conf file.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--
Reference: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-fonts.html
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration
-->
<match target="font">
<test name="size" compare="less">
<double>10</double>
</test>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less" qual="any">
<double>10</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign">
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter">
<const>lcddefault</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test qual="any" name="family">
<string>fixed</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>mono</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test qual="any" name="family">
<string>console</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>mono</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test qual="any" name="family">
<string>mono</string>
</test>
<edit name="spacing" mode="assign">
<int>100</int>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>