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Digit

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[solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

a search of the forum returned no hits, even though i was sure i had seen a thread mentioning this already....

how do you turn off anti-aliasing fonts?
how do i switch off anti aliasing for extra performance?

its something to do with .fonts or .fonts.config, right?

thnx.

ps, idea,
can we get this added as an option in the menu?   maybe even more than just font anti-aliasing on/off, but a whole host of other tiny performance tweeks (outlined window moving etc) for those of us who either r on ancient hardware, or really like to squeeze every last bit of performance out of our machines.

Last edited by Digit (2009-06-28 21:08:46)

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moralfallacy

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Registered: 2009-06-25

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

try adding this to ~/.fonts.conf

<match target="font">
  <edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
   <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
</match>

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corenominal

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

try adding this to ~/.fonts.conf

<match target="font">
  <edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
   <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
</match>

Or you could delete the file ~/.fonts.conf to achieve the same.

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Digit

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

i dont seem to have a .fonts.conf already...   fonts look pretty anti-aliassed.

/home/crunchbang/.fonts.conf  the right place?

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corenominal

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

Which version of CrunchBang are you using?

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Digit

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

8.10.2, i think.  how do i check?

everyone else on the nines now?

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anonymous

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

Are you running the LiveCD? I think you have to restart X after changing fonts.conf

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Digit

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Re: [solved] how to switch anti aliasing off in #! crunchbang

ran the installer from a pendrivelinuxed livecd/usb (...or was it unetbootin i used that time, i dont recall now), then while in that "live" environment, ran the **install crunchbang linux** menu option to install to another USB drive...  so... pretty sure this is a proper install... although i still see that install option in the menu... which makes me think i might not be remembering the course of action that brought me to this exact install of #!.

aaaanyways,
*tries making a .fonts.conf with the previous suggestion again, and restarts x*
....
~edit~
and all is well.
curious tho, how without it*, its aledgedly supposed to be un-anti-aliased, yet that wasnt the case in reality for me.   all sorted now though.  thnx guys.

*it being a .fonts.conf file saved in /home/crunchbang with just

<match target="font">
  <edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
   <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
</match>

Last edited by Digit (2009-06-28 21:06:07)

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