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How to re-disable bitmap fonts?

So, I used Ubuntu Wiki's guide to enabling bitmap fonts. I was already kinda tired so I didn't even bother reading and didn't see that you could enable specific bitmap fonts. I used cd ...
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Ugly fonts with nVidia drivers [duplicate]

Just installed nVidia binary drivers today and the fonts are ugly. I've been using the opensource nouveau drivers all this while and the font's were much better. Even the expo effect in compiz was ...
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Why do some PDFs have such ugly fonts in Document Viewer?

Why are the fonts in Document Viewer so ugly and non-antialiased?
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No anti-aliasing with Xmonad

I'm looking into Xmonad. One problem I'm having is that most of my applications in Xmonad don't have anti-aliasing. For example gnome-terminal & evolution. I have this in my .Xresources: ...
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Fonts look bad in Microsoft Office using Wine

Office fonts in wine look very different from what they look in Windows or LibreOffice. As can be seen from the attached screenshots, they look blurry in some sizes and aliased in other sizes. You ...
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How to configure Kubuntu fonts to look line ones used in Unity - Ubuntu 12.04?

Because Unity and Gnome3 where too buggy and unstable I switched to Kubuntu and now I do have a really good speed and, so far, stability. Still, the problem with Kuduntu, is the all the fonts are ...
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Some fonts are not anti-aliased when used over HDMI

I have searched around and have tried various suggestions that are posted, however I cannot get this fixed. My computer is hooked up through HDMI to my 1080P monitor and the fonts in Chrome, Firefox ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Blurry Fonts [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I make fonts look like they do in Windows? I'm very new to Linux as in I've only been using it for about a week. My problem is fonts are incredibly blurry and ...
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How to switch on sub-pixel anti-aliasing for fonts?

In Fedora 16 (gnome) I did it without any problems. But in Ubuntu 11.10(gnome) in System Settings -> Appearance I can't see any tab for fonts settings.
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How do I enable font anti-aliasing in Wine?

Fonts in some Wine applications (Word 2007 for example) are heavily aliased. How do I turn on anti aliasing for Wine applications?
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Anti-aliasing changed after update (or something…)

The anti-aliasing of my system (of GTK?) has gone weird after I did one of two things - do a system update, and install gimp 2.7 beta. See images: Before: After: Before: After: Here's ...
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Coloured fringing with Windows TrueType fonts

I've noticed that with some fonts show some fringing (that is coloured usually red/bluey lines) surrounding the text. Here's one example. A portion of my job is design and I'm finding it very hard ...