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Using Sharp Fonts On A GNOME Desktop You might have noticed that fonts are quite fuzzy on Linux desktops which can make your eyes ache if you have to sit in front of your computer all day long. Font rendering is still a little bit awkward and one of the last weaknesses of Linux desktops. This tutorial shows how you can make GNOME and all GNOME applications (such as Evolution, the file browser Nautilus, etc.) use sharp fonts. In fact, we will use the Microsoft Windows standard font, Tahoma, as the standard font in GNOME, too, which will make the desktop look quite familiar if you are used to working with a Windows desktop.
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Am I the only person that likes the "Before" images better than the "After" ones? I personally can't stand sharp, non-smoothed fonts 
I love the font smoothing in Linux, it's much better than Windows' ClearType :). Speaking of which, Debian's font smoothing 'out of the box' seems to be a lot better than Ubuntu's (I have no idea why this is...).
The Anti Aliased fonts offered by Ubuntu are much better than those displayed by Windows. Somehow I've never liked the way Fedora have done their font rendering - its too smooth. The major reason for shifting to Ubuntu (& Debian) was the way fonts were rendered on screen.
In my opinion Anti Aliased fonts make for a rich & pleasant user experience.
I recently installed Ubuntu 7.04 and while I'm not totaly happy with the fonts atm the before pictures look better than the after pics.
You are not alone. I started having headaches after changing my CRT with a LCD, but the after shot fonts still look blurry to me, and even harder to read. ouch.
I can't stand MS crappy font rendering.
Whenever I stumble on them at work it makes me cringe (everyone here hasn't seen the light yet! - we have 50-50 Linux-Windows installation the atm).
Font smoothing FTW!
Hi,
I found this guidesP>
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_improve_sub-pixel_font_rendering_for_Feisty
or
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343670
This will dramatically improve the appearance of fonts with respect to the default Ubuntu install...
I definitely love the way the Microsoft fonts look. It gives a clean and professional look. Here's a side-by-side comparison of polished vs. sharp fonts: www.sharpfonts.com
I Cannot believe how many people think that these Antialiased fonts look good!!
15 minutes working on any machine with them and I have a stinking headache
I have Worked hard to figure out how to disable them on my Work XP and Vista machines, including the separate setting withing the applications IE, and Office 2007. It sis set individually for the OS and Both IE and Office ovrride the OS's settings with their own. I have turned off them both and have just found another module in office that still has them on.
I use computers all day ( HP Laptop ), and I have Very good eyesight, and cannot understand why everyone puts up with this crap from the marketing people telling them that it is actually better.
Ken
Some of the characters in the Tahoma font dont seem to render properly.
Particularly, 8 and v. These are visible from closely looking at the screenshots. I believe this problem is documented elsewhere. Can you propose any solution?