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guido

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Registered: 2021-08-15

Posts: 3

Fonts are looking weird/blurred

Hi folks,

this is my first post in this forum.

While switching from Buster to Bullseye I switched to XFCE 4.16.

So far I'ver been using Cinnamon for years. All things are working fine with XFCE 4.16 except one: font rendering.

First, I thought I'd need new glasses. But, then I compared to Cinnamon. In Cinnamon the fonts in the terminal app are looking a bit more crisy/sharper then in XFCE. Actually I made two screenshots for comparison but I didn't find an option to upload them.

What screws do I have to turn in XFCE to make the font rendering as crispy/sharp as in Cinnamon?

Greetinx

Guido

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Fonts are looking weird/blurred

Hello and welcome.

There are some configurable options in Xfce, that can be found under Settings Manager > Appearance > Fonts tab. More info here.

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guido

Member

Registered: 2021-08-15

Posts: 3

Re: Fonts are looking weird/blurred

Thank you, ToZ!

I'll give it a try!

Greetinx

Guido

guido

Member

Registered: 2021-08-15

Posts: 3

Re: Fonts are looking weird/blurred

There are some configurable options in Xfce, that can be found under Settings Manager > Appearance > Fonts tab. More info here.

Just played around a little bit with the fonts settings mentioned by ToZ. With the following adjustments I get a crispy sharp fonts in XFCE terminal:

- Enable anti-aliasing
- Hinting: highest possible option (last entry in drop down menu)
- Sub-pixel order: RGB

Now I can't see any difference in XFCE terminal comparing to gnome terminal used by cinnamon on the same machine.

Again, thanks a lot, ToZ!

Greetinx

Guido