[ale] X Fonts (Switching Monitors)

[da Black Baron]

Only thing that comes immediately to my mind are the refresh rates for
your monitor- they may be significantly different at home than at work. 
That could influence your display significantly...



On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 01:55, Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> Hey all.
> 
> I brought my home machine to work today, and I noticed a really annoying
> problem as soon as I started X:
> 
> Fonts look like complete crap.
> 
> The problem is, I have changed no settings since leaving my house. When
> bringing my computer to work, the only hardware that is different is the
> keyboard and monitor. Of course it has something to do with the monitor,
> but I can't figure out why only TrueType and monospace fonts are the ones
> affected, and why a different monitor would be relevant. Fonts look
> absolutely horrible in the actual user-input areas of GAIM, gedit, and
> overall in Mozilla. But the interface fonts, as well as other fonts around
> the system (Eterm, xterm, xmms, etc.) look just fine. 
> 
> I don't get it. Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Christopher R. Curzio     |  Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax
> http://www.accipiter.org  |  si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
> :wq!
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