Question about fonts

[Marko Ramius]

Why, if I use:


Font: -*-verdana-*-r-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*


fonts in menus are not AA'ed, yet if I use the standard:



menu*xft.font: verdana
menu*xft.size: 11



They are AA'ed.

What is the difference between the two commands?

[bskahan]

the second uses the XFT font system, which is capable of AA, the first uses freetype(maybe) which is not.

XFT is the new (good) font system for linux, the old font rendering was bad ;)

btw, what program?

[Marko Ramius]

Using openbox.

Using freetype I like that the fonts are a bit smaller. Using xft the fonts are huge when AA'ed.

Wish there was a middle ground. :)