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Check out the infinality project. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Infinality https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Infinality
by AndrewUnmuted 10y ago
Check out the infinality project. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Infinality https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Infinality
- symlinkk 10y agoDon't use this. It'll install and patch a bunch of stuff that won't get updated and will eventually break your system.
- kn0where 10y agoFont rendering in Linux distros is actually pretty good these days—the problem is that the free fonts don't look right if you're used to the Mac defaults, and the font rendering settings are a little off by default. Without installing any third-party software, I actually recently found a way to make fonts in a Linux desktop look mostly the same as they do on Mac. This was done on Debian Stretch under GNOME 3. Step 1: I copied all the TTF font files from my Mac and installed them into Debian, instantly giving me all the awesome (but non-libre) fonts I'm used to. Step 2: I disabled all font hinting (I think this was in some GNOME config, might have been xorg.something but I honestly don't remember, just google how to disable hinting). After this, browsing the web in Chrome looked (to my eyes) just like it did on the Mac. If you're wishing for a more Windows-y text rendering experience, you'll want hinting, but the Mac generally stays away from hinting (at the expense of slightly blurrier but prettier fonts on low DPI screens).
- AndrewUnmuted 10y agoThat's an odd statement to make. I have used Infinality for years and just about every time I run `pacman -Syudd` I get a massive amount of Infinality updates. I have literally _never_ had a problem with Infinality. If you're a high DPI monitor user, using Linux without it is misery.
- symlinkk 10y agoYou get updates because you installed it from the AUR, which isn't officially supported by the Arch devs