[KLUG Members] Better fonts in Linux web browsers?

[Adam Williams]

>>>>>http://theregus.com/content/4/26770.html
>>>>>Does it make things better or worse?
>>>>>I'm thinking about grabbing the source RPM for "freetype" (if Redhat
>>>>>supplies it on their FTP site :)  
>>Actually, I can't find it.  updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS has no
>>freetype file. 
>That's because it hasn't been _updated_ since Redhat 8.0 came out!

Huh?

>Try ftp.redhat.com or buy source code CD's from me!  DUH!   :-)
>(or see Bob, if he's figured out Redhat's FTP site yet ;)

Obviously niether have I (figured out Redhat's FTP site).  Don't updates 
get posted on updates.redhat.com when they are released?

>I looked at the SRPM and it contains the patch mentioned in the article,
>but it's not activated in the binary RPM.  A simple one byte tweak of
>the SPEC file, followed by a build changes that.
>However, I've yet to find any web site where I can tell the difference.
>>>>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html
>>>Thanks!  There is some good stuff there.
>The biggest improvement I've seen so far comes from upping the 
>"-dpi" parameter that starts the X server.  MAJOR IMPROVEMENT!!!
>(see the above mentioned howto)

I'm on my RH8 box, where I thought fonts always looks good anyway.  I 
jacked up the dpi to 100 (edited gdm.conf), restarted gdm, xdpyinfo says 
dpi is 100x100 - and I don't notice a difference.

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