A simple tweak to make your GTK Fonts look nice in KDE
… at least when using Sidux. 
I was quite annoyed yesterday because my KDE fonts looked simply crispy and marvellous, yet the ones in Pidgin and Iceweasel/Firefox (pretty much the only GTK apps I use) looked like shit. gtk-qt-engine does a good job keeping my fonts the same, but there was simply no anti-aliasing going on in GTK apps which I seriously hate. I am used to AA. I want it everywhere!
Diving into /etc/fonts it was pretty obvious that I was missing one thing there….
ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
This turns on the Auto-Hinter systemwide – something which you do for your KDE fonts in Control Center, but usually can’t do without installing a crap ton of GNOME dependencies for GTK apps. This does it. And boy does it make a difference.
Thank you so much for this simple tip. I have been going nuts over the awful fonts in GTK apps in KDE for so long. This is wonderful! I really can’t say thank you enough.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I am using Kubuntu 8.04.
Thanks. Firefox and all other gtk apps look good now!
Thanks bro!!! it worked.
Wow. That’s all I can say.
This worked like a charmin Kubuntu 11.04 64 bit.
Thank you thank you thank you
Actually, this post is pretty outdated by now… it still works, tho.
You might want to take a look at http://gordonazmo.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/switching-your-default-sanssans-serifmonospace-fonts-2-5/
Thanks man ! I’ll pray for your soul !
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It simple, and it works! Thank you.