[PLUG] Why Do Fonts Look Bad in Linux?

Robert RobertsLinuxPosts at CorralCreek.com
Fri Mar 29 23:06:28 UTC 2002


Abiword is there, but I have never uninstalled a Linux program before.  
What is the prefered method to nuke it from Red Hat 7.2 ?

Robert



nmeyers at javalinux.net wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 01:26:33PM -0800, Robert wrote:
>> My Fonts look bad, with some in the various web browsers unreadable.
> 
> The full explanation for crappy fonts is way more information than you
> need :-), but check whether you have abiword installed - it installs
> some truly ugly fonts that end up matching many font requests from many
> applications. If you don't need it, this would be a good time to nuke it.
> 
> Nathan




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