[PLUG] Fonts Have Yellow/Blue Borders on Laptop LCD

[alan]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Matt Alexander wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Steve Bonds wrote:
> 
> > I just installed Linux on a new laptop and noticed that the X fonts look
> > terrible-- some of the black characters have blue edges, and others have
> > yellow edges.  This shows up in screenshots when zoomed in so it looks
> > intentional.  Each character is consistent in how it looks-- i.e. each "r"
> > is blue to the right, and each "l" is yellow to the right.
> >
> > It's most noticable in the KDE terminal.
> >
> > I've tried adjusting and disabling antialising, but the problem didn't
> > change.  Has anyone else seen this?  Was there an easy fix?
> 
> 
> Which distro?  Version of KDE?

What color depth?  What video chipset?  What brand of laptop?