Weird Konsole font issue

[Jayson Rowe]

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Jayson Rowe <jayson.rowe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Jayson Rowe <jayson.rowe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Jayson Rowe <jayson.rowe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>>> On 08/03/2012 11:18 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see 1 response. :)  seems infinality configs affect the default Sans
>>>>>> font (ie, that changed your view from DejaVu to Liberation, and explains
>>>>>> the differences you saw)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So the Infinality stuff is definitely the source of the issue here.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really don't see why the heck they're messing with the choice of default
>>>>> fonts!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Me either.  unfortunate, if true, as it makes testing harder.
>>>>
>>>> -- rex
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Thanks for all of the responses - I didn't realize there were so many
>>> issues with the Infinality patches - I'll remove them and see if that
>>> clears up my issues.
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone,
>>>
>>> --
>>> -jayson
>>
>> Also, I'm assuming I can just uninstall the packages (Infinality), or
>> are there any configs I need to purge as well? I realize this has
>> gotten off-topic now :-)
>>
>> --
>> -jayson
>
> Well, testing out on my work machine (which wasn't exhibiting the
> issue), I can say after uninstalling the Infinality patches,
> installing freetype-freeworld and setting up my subpixel rendering w/
> slight hinting in KDE font settings, my fonts now look *better* than
> they did with Infinality. Hopefully this will fix the issue at home.
> Thanks again for everyone's help and advice.
>
> Live and learn :)
>
> --
> -jayson

Just to follow up - I just got home, removed the Infinality patches,
installed freetype-freeworld setup my fonts settings in System
Settings, and my fonts look better than before, and I no longer have
to close and re-launch Konsole. Problem solved. Thanks everyone!

-- 
-jayson