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by pimeys 4617 days ago
Are you using any specific font setup? Infinality patches etc? At least default install leaves the fonts in a pretty bad state.
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sramov 4616 days ago
The fonts are looking nice and sharp for me:

http://s24.postimg.org/n94n4dred/fonts.png

I fetch freetype via CVS from xenocara tree:

    cvs co xenocara/lib/freetype
Apply the subpixel patch (the Adobe CFF stuff is already default in -current):

http://dpaste.com/hold/1438578/

And use the following `~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf`:

http://dpaste.com/hold/1438579/

You might also want to delete `/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-lucida-aliases.conf`.

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sramov 4616 days ago
Forgot to add, after you uncomment the subpixel stuff, just do a `make && sudo make install && make clean` from the `xenocara/lib/freetype` directory.

Also, repeat the same after each snapshot upgrade, as the X sets will overwrite it every time, naturally. Don't forget to keep it updated as well, with `cvs up`.

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ams6110 4617 days ago
Hm no.. have never heard of Infinality and didn't see anything OpenBSD-specific.

I'd say if you're needing extensive font support, or do any really heavy graphics work, OpenBSD may not work well for you as a desktop. For me, the stock fonts on OpenBSD meet my needs.

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