Refine my fonts

Hi, I have some issues with the fonts on my system. I use an LCD monitor, and here is my ~/.fonts.conf:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <match target="font" >
<test compare="more" name="weight" >
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="autohint" >
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>none</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>hintmedium</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
xorg is configured to use the physical DPI of my monitor (22" WS @ 1680x1050):
fackamato ~ $ xdpyinfo |grep res
resolution: 90x88 dots per inch
KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask EnterWindowMask
fackamato ~ $
I also use the freetype2-lcd package. I use KDE, and AA is on, so is hinting which is set to Full (RGB).
Here's a screenshot of how it looks (look at the menubar of Firefox, the letters have edges of colour around them) also the "Log in" on the top left doesn't look right. Any ideas on what I can do to improve my fonts?

azleifel wrote:
Just to add a contrasting opinion, I force my display to use 96dpi resolution:
screen #0:
print screen: no
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters)
resolution: 96x96 dots per inch
(actual screen size is something like 370x301mm). If I leave the resolution at the native dpi then I find that fonts, especially bold fonts, get a little fuzzy.
My suggestion is to try 96dpi, 100dpi and native and then pick the one that gives the best results.
Hehe. I'm currently at 90x88 dpi and I think I've hit the perfect spot actually , both considering font size and appearence.

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Firefox@Windows7 part3
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6428/schowek01g.jpg
Like you saw in images above, page under Firefox at my Arch looks ugly, but not every (eg like http://bbs.archlinux.org looks okay).
My ~/.fonts.conf. (It's from this forum, i think from user @berbs - his one of xorg_font guru )
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>


<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Serif</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Sans</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
<family>Verdana</family>
<family>Arial</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer>
<family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
</prefer>
</alias>

<selectfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="scalable">
<bool>false</bool>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Luxi Sans</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>Liberation Sans</string>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test qual="any" name="family"><string>fixed</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign"><string>monospace</string></edit>
</match>





<match target="font">
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintmedium</const></edit>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
</match>




<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>


<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier</string>
</test>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
</match>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier New</string>
</test>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
</match>

<match name="family" target="pattern">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Candara</string>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="size">
<double>10</double>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit name="embolden" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Consolas</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintslight</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Inconsolata</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintslight</const>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Andale Mono</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Arial</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Comic Sans MS</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Georgia</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Impact</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Times New Roman</string>
</test>

<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Trebuchet MS</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Verdana</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<test compare="less" name="weight">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
<double>7</double>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test compare="eq" name="family">
<string>Webdings</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
My xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Wed May 27 01:58:49 PDT 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 444 277 # 96 DPI @ 1680x1050
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoDDC" "true"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable" # for 3D, alpha desktop effects
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666 # helps flash performance
EndSection
I even used cairo,libxft,... - hacks "-ubuntu", but my issue was still there Now I have clean that packages, without "-ubuntu".
I've copied TTF fonts from W7 into my Arch.
I have up to date system under Gnome 2.28.
Sorry for my gramma

Gen2ly wrote:adding a whole slew of things probably not doing much good
Now, why on Earth would I do that? Think I'm creating this file at random?? I'm continually testing and refining the rules. The purpose of the rules is to compensate for fontconconfig's inability to do such tweaking automatically. The end result is that fonts look better - I'm surprised that I need to point this out, it should be blatantly obvious.
hintslight should be used until the mid or up to the upper 100dpi range
That's meaningless by itself, you must include pixelsize in the equation. The majority of Microsoft's fonts, as well as various other fonts, actually look better when small using hintfull.
is a hack... Simplify, simplify, simplify.
Well, yeah, of course, it would be great if fontconfig did all the tweaking for us - but it doesn't. Fonts vary greatly, so fontconfig needs to be told the best ways to render various fonts, at various sizes/weights. You don't seem to understand this point, judging by this and your other posts regarding fonts - same as skottish, IIRC. Don't you guys have eyes?
Anyway, here's my current ~/.fonts.conf, which continues to be improved.

Refine my fonts

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