Re: overlapping characters

From: Stephen Viles (sviles_abi@iinet.net.au)
Date: Mon Sep 08 2003 - 02:05:13 EDT

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    Sounds similar to http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5715
    which reports overlaying text on Slackware -- font not yet specified.

    Cheers - Stephen.

    8/09/03 9:55:55 AM, "Kenneth J. Davis" <jeremyd@computer.org> wrote:

    >using a font such as Luxi Serif or to a lesser extent Luxi Sans
    >(Luxi Serif is default font I get on my Slackware setup)
    >and nearly current cvs HEAD, I get similar behaviour
    >that I get on Windows, in that the characters overlap, though
    >here they seem to overlay instead of overwriting prior characters.
    >
    >I'd appreciate it if someone with Linux, current cvs, and
    >that has one of the Luxi Serif/Sans fonts would load
    >abi/src/docs/build/BUILD.zabw and tell me what they see.
    >Alternatively, start a new document, select Luxi Serif and
    >type a bunch of n and m letters. Or use o and Utopia font.
    >
    >I'm curious if its how the font is supposed to work (seems odd),
    >my setup is screwed up (possible, but is pretty much an unchanged
    >full Slack install), or what. Note: courier and luxi mono fonts
    >work wonderfully (no overlapping or cursor positioning being off)
    >and zoom makes no difference; so maybe it is just the fonts?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >Jeremy



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