[PLUG] Why Do Fonts Look Bad in Linux?

[Robert]

WOW!!!!!   It worked like magic and I have not even rebooted. It's not 
perfect, but it's an incredable visual difference.  I can read the small 
print now and not get as big a headache reading funny looking medium print. 
Abiword might as well be a Linux saboteur.

I am still not sure how to install the TrueType though.

Robert




tjg at craigelachie.org wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 15:06, Robert wrote:
>> 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
> 
> as root...
> 
> rpm -e abiword
> 
> And this is a good fix to many font problems. Also the advice about
> TrueType is also very good. You can find an RPM that contains the
> Microsoft web fonts at RPMFind.
>