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i now have it all in a good looking way. i didn`t even used the fonts config stuff.
this is what i did:

1. install ALL microsofts fonts
2. go to gnome`s font preferences and ONLY change the fonts.. no other changes at all. so only change all fonts to Tomoha and your done

i also "tweaked" firefox.
here is how you can get good looking fonts in firefox:
1. boot in windows, start Firefox, open the preferences, open all the font settings and make a screenshot of it.
2. send the screenshot to your mail (unless you can mount your drive)
3. boot in linux
4. enter the exact same font settings of that screenshot in linux.

i now have normal looking fonts.. it all seems to be a little fatter than windows but that`s probably just the way fedora/linux renders fonts.

now i would like to know how i can apply this in fedora:

Code:

category truetype

begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom/tahoma.ttf

  Family = Tahoma

  FontName = Tahoma-Regular

  Encoding = Unicode

  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek

  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP1251 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 ISO10646-1

  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP1251 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712

  GeneralFamily = SansSerif

  Weight = Medium

  Width = Variable

  Shape = NoSerif Upright

  Foundry = Microsoft

  Priority = 20

end

begin /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom/tahomabd.ttf

  Family = Tahoma

  FontName = Tahoma-Bold

  Encoding = Unicode

  Location = Magyar Dutch Spanish Czech Russian English Catalan Slovak Italian Turkish Danish Slovenian Basque Portuguese German Polish Swedish Norwegian French Finnish Greek

  Charset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP1251 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712 ISO10646-1

  UniCharset = ISO8859-1 ISO8859-2 ISO8859-3 ISO8859-4 ISO8859-5 ISO8859-7 ISO8859-9 ISO8859-10 ISO8859-13 ISO8859-14 ISO8859-15 KOI8-R KOI8-U CP1251 VISCII1.1-1 TCVN-5712

  GeneralFamily = SansSerif

  Weight = Bold

  Width = Variable

  Shape = NoSerif Upright

  Foundry = Microsoft

  Priority = 20

end

and how i can apply this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">

<fontconfig>



<!-- Give all fonts light hinting and subpixel smoothing -->

<!--

<match target="font">

    <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">

        <const>rgb</const>

    </edit>

    <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">

        <bool>true</bool>

    </edit>

    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">

        <const>hintslight</const>

    </edit>

    <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">

        <bool>true</bool>

    </edit>

</match>

-->



<!--

     <match target="font">

        <test qual="all" name="rgba"><const>unknown</const></test>

           <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>

     </match>

-->



<!--  Do not smooth Fixedsys  -->

<match target="font">

    <test name="family">

        <string>FixedsysTTF</string>

    </test>

    <edit name="antialias">

        <bool>false</bool>

    </edit>

</match>



<!--  Do not smooth Tahoma 8pt and under  -->

<match target="font">

    <test name="family">

        <string>Tahoma</string>

    </test>

    <test compare="less" name="size" qual="any">

        <double>9</double>

    </test>

    <edit name="antialias">

        <bool>false</bool>

    </edit>

</match>



<!--  Do not smooth Times New Roman or Courier New for 12pt and under  -->

<match target="font">

    <test name="family">

        <string>Times New Roman</string>

    </test>

    <test compare="less" name="size" qual="any">

        <double>13</double>

    </test>

    <edit name="antialias">

        <bool>false</bool>

    </edit>

</match>



<match target="font">

    <test name="family">

        <string>Courier</string>

        <string>Courier New</string>

        <string>Courier 10 Pitch</string>

    </test>

    <test compare="less" name="size" qual="any">

        <double>11</double>

    </test>

    <edit name="antialias">

        <bool>false</bool>

    </edit>

</match>



<!-- Do not autohint Courier New, Fixedsys, Tahoma, or Times New Roman -->

<match target="font">

    <test name="family">

        <string>Courier New</string>

        <string>Times New Roman</string>

        <string>Tahoma</string>

        <string>FixedsysTTF</string>

    </test>

    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">

        <const>hintslight</const>

    </edit>

    <edit mode="assign" name="autohint">

        <bool>false</bool>

    </edit>

</match>



<match target="pattern">

            <test qual="any" name="family">

                    <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>

            </test>

            <edit name="family" mode="assign">

                    <string>Arial</string>

            </edit>

</match>

    <match target="pattern">

            <test qual="any" name="family">

                    <string>Helvetica</string>

            </test>

            <edit name="family" mode="assign">

                    <string>Arial</string>

            </edit>

</match>

<match target="pattern">

            <test qual="any" name="family">

                    <string>Palatino</string>

            </test>

            <edit name="family" mode="assign">

                    <string>Georgia</string>

            </edit>

</match>

</fontconfig>

EDIT:://
the fonts.conf edits belong in /etc/fonts/local.conf on fedora.
i`m now having "sharp" fonts though i still have aliased fonts in firefox!!

the sharp fonts look good in most parts but less good in tabs and address bars..
look:
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/593...tissuesem7.png