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| == Install the packages ==
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| Linux font quality is a chronic issue, by default fonts configuration far from ideal look. This can solved by rebuilding <tt>media-libs/fontconfig</tt> with infinality USE flag, which applying infinality patch set. Patches, previously available in lcd-filtering overlay, now merged into main Gentoo portage tree.
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| ###i## echo "media-libs/fontconfig infinality" >> /etc/portage/package.use
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| ###i## emerge -uN fontconfig
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| </console>
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| == Advanced configuration ==
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| === Fontconfig ===
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| ==== Default configuration ====
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| <console>
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-antialias.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-autohint.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 11-lcdfilter-default.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 70-no-bitmaps.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-full.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-medium.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-no-sub-pixel.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-unhinted.conf</console>
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| ===Linux configuration ===
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| Same as default configuration except:
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| <console>
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf
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| </console>
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| === Infinality’s configuration ===
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| Same as default configuration except:
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| <console>
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-full.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf
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| </console>
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| === Windows configuration ===
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| Same as default except:
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| <console>
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-full.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-non-tt-instructed-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf
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| </console>
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| === OSX configuration ===
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| Same as default configuration except:
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| <console>
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 10-unhinted.conf
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| ###i## eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-none.conf
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| </console>
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| == Freetype ==
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| Freetype can be configured through environment variables (see <tt>/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter</tt> for a list of the variables and their description). Those variables can be overridden on a per-user basis by either redefining them in a startup file (such as <tt>~/.bash_profile</tt>) or by sourcing the <tt>/usr/lib/ft-settings.sh</tt> script with the desired style in parameter (you can, of course, source the script from a startup file).
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| usage: source ft-settings.sh <style>
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| <console>
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| Possible styles:
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| default - Use default settings. A compromise that should please most people
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| osx - Simulate OSX rendering
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| ubuntu - Simulate UBUNTU rendering
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| linux - Generic Linux style - no snapping or certain other tweaks
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| windows - Simulate Windows rendering
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| vanilla - Just subpixel hinting
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| Infinality styles:
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| classic - Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping
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| nudge - CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks
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| push - CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks
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| shove - Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening
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| sharpened - Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening
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| infinality - Settings used by Infinality
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| </console>
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| == LibXft ==
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| Only legacy programs still use libXft. The default configuration is defined in ''<tt>/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xft</tt>''. It can be overriden on a per-user basis in the ''<tt>~/.Xresources</tt>'' or ''<tt>~/.Xdefaults</tt>'' files :
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| <console>
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| Xft.antialias: 1
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| Xft.autohint: 0
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| Xft.dpi: 96
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| Xft.hinting: 1
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| Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
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| Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
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| Xft.rgba: rgb
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| </console>
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| [[Category:HOWTO]]
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