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    mfischer
    deepin
    2016-01-08 16:12
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    Edited by mfischer at 2016-1-13 19:14

    Hello everyone!

    Some of you already complained about bad font rendering (especially bad font hinting) in an unmodified Deepin 15 install. If you compare the font rendering of Deepin 15 to the font rendering of Ubuntu 14.04 you will notice a huge difference. The reason for Ubuntu doing a much better job is that they have heavily patched some programs like freetype2 and cairo. In this thread I want to show you the steps to improve the font rendering in Deepin 15.

    There exists a project called Infinality that is (or was?) working on tweaking the settings of fontconfig.

    1. Open a terminal window like Deepin Terminal.

    2. Install the Microsoft fonts (Arial and co.):
    1. sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
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    3. Create a new directory in your home directory to put in the files youwill need in the next steps:
    1. mkdir -p ~/infinality
    2. cd ~/infinality
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    4. Install the necessary packages for the next steps:
    1. sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts docbook-to-man libx11-dev x11proto-core-dev libz-dev quilt git
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    There may be more depending on what you have already installed. You will find that out in step 6.

    5. Download the package templatesfor fontconfig-infinality:
    1. git clone https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Debian-Packages.git
    2. cd Debian-Packages/
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    6. Switch to the directories offreetype-infinality and fontconfig-infinality and check if alldependencies are met:
    1. cd freetype-infinality/
    2. dpkg-checkbuilddeps
    3. cd ../fontconfig-infinality/
    4. dpkg-checkbuilddeps
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    If dpkg-checkbuilddeps is complaining about missing packages you have to install them with „sudo apt-get install “.

    7. Build the packages:
    1. cd ../freetype-infinality/
    2. ./build.sh
    3. cd ../fontconfig-infinality/
    4. ./build.sh
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    8. Install the packages:
    1. cd ..
    2. sudo dpkg -i freetype-infinality/*.deb fontconfig-infinality/*.deb
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    9. You need to choose a style. I chose the default one:
    1. sudo ./etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle infinality
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    10. Reboot to see the changes.


    If someone has problems with building the two packages you can download the attached file, unpack it and install the deb-files that are inside.

    Please reply and tell me if you like the different font rendering!
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    masther
    deepin
    2016-01-08 18:02
    #1
    Oye mucha gracias , enserio las fuentes se ven geniales.... Es lo que andaba buscando... XDXD
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    hanshakiki
    deepin
    2016-02-12 07:28
    #2
    thanks broh...
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    jesterjke
    deepin
    2016-02-12 08:16
    #3
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.
    1. sudo gedit /etc/fonts/local.conf
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    2. Past this





    6. rgb




    11. true




    16. hintslight




    21. lcddefault




    26. false


    29. ~/.fonts
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    3. Save and reboot
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    raeesiqbal
    deepin
    2016-02-12 11:58
    #4
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.

    Thanks so much. Worked on Deepin 15.1
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    adderbox76
    deepin
    2016-02-12 22:57
    #5
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.

    Worked great for me.  Thanks so much!

    Last time I tried infinality I was running elementary Luna a couple of years back.  It messed up my system so badly (probably user error) that I swore I'd never use it again.  this method worked awesome.  So again, thanks.

    I did change "hintslight" to "hintnone" however.  Completely subjective, but I prefer it.
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    zant
    deepin
    2016-02-14 03:41
    #6
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.

    Works great for me!
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    doniking
    deepin
    2016-04-08 23:43
    #7
    When i run
    sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts docbook-to-man libx11-dev x11proto-core-dev libz-dev quilt git

    I got too many not found and hash sum mismatch
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    dance707
    deepin
    2016-04-09 00:20
    #8
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    When i run
    sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts docbook-to-man libx11-dev x11proto-core- ...

    Personally I like jesterjke's method better.
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    thatcriticguy
    deepin
    2016-05-11 16:42
    #9
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.

    This is a MUCH easier way to resolve the font issues. Thanks!
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    dan
    deepin
    2016-05-29 10:19
    #10
    Edited by dan at 2016-5-29 02:20

    I know this is late, but I just saw this thread. Here's what worked for me.

    1. Create a new text document in your home folder.

    2. Copy and paste the following code into it...




    4.    
    5.         
    6.             true
    7.         
    8.         
    9.             true
    10.         
    11.         
    12.             hintslight
    13.         
    14.         
    15.             rgb
    16.         
    17.         
    18.             true
    19.         
    20.         
    21.             lcddefault
    22.         
    23.    


    26.    
    27.         serif
    28.         
    29.             Droid Serif
    30.         
    31.    
    32.    
    33.         sans-serif
    34.         
    35.             Droid Sans
    36.         
    37.    
    38.    
    39.         sans
    40.         
    41.             Droid Sans
    42.         
    43.    
    44.    
    45.         monospace
    46.         
    47.             Droid Sans Mono
    48.         
    49.    
    50.    
    51.         mono
    52.         
    53.             Droid Sans Mono
    54.         
    55.    

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    3. Name it .fonts.conf

    4. Log out and back in...fonts look much better!
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    ianzamora
    deepin
    2016-10-20 18:01
    #11
    https://bbs.deepin.org/post/30558
    Here is the easier way that works for me:

    1.

    thx dude, its better
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    ambiya
    deepin
    2016-10-23 13:15
    #12
    Thank you so much. This really what I am looking for. btw why roboto mono not working after installing this?
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    horvan
    deepin
    2016-10-24 03:37
    #13
    This is just awesome
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