Blurry monitor on FC4

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:00 -0800, Donald Arseneau wrote:
> Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This is the link to the fullsize image:
> > http://dotancohen.com/fullsize.png
> 
> I think it looks reasonable for that resolution (1024x768).  Are you sure
> you can't run at a higher res?  
> 
> I find anti-aliasing makes things worse at low resolution because you
> can see each pixel individually.  Try switching it off.
> 
> A big difference between Windows-Xp and X-window may be the quality of
> the installed scalable fonts.  It is fiercely difficult to produce
> quality hinting for true-type fonts (much easier for Type-1).  Monotype
> TimesNewRoman is a very well hinted font and is the default on MSWin.
> (Maybe Microsoft has claimed "authorship" now.)  See if you can use
> it on your Linux system (download "Windows core fonts" or some such.)
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and knock the frequency down to 75Hz or perhaps 70Hz - different
monitors are greatly affected by the frequency.

Craig