[H-GEN] annoying text - linux fonts

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Sarah Hollings <sarahhollings at optushome.com.au> writes:

> Does anyone have a bright idea what could be causing Olde Englishe
> Unreadable type font on my Emacs?  And on other odd applications too,
> like when I ask Opera to display html source.

What version of X are you running?  With XFree86 4.0, I've noticed
quite a few font changes (such as the apostrope (') no longer pointing
to the right) as well as the ugly font issue you're talking about
here.

What can help, basically, is installing more fonts until you find some
that work well.

Also it would probably be worth your while to check that your X server
and font selections agree on the resolution of the display, but that's
a bit of a stab in the dark.

> It looks like this:

I haven't actually looked at the image because I've been delaying this
reply until I had a chance to see it; however after this long a delay
I decided it was probably best to just throw my hat into the ring.

jason
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