Comments on: Fonts with linux & hebrew http://blog.confiq.org/2008/04/fonts-with-linux-hebrew/ Blog by Igor Konforti Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:39:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: confiq http://blog.confiq.org/2008/04/fonts-with-linux-hebrew/comment-page-1/#comment-4 confiq Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://blog.confiq.org/?p=3#comment-4 Hi Avi, Thanks for reply! I just checked Arial in windows in case I'm missing something but it's almost same as it is on Linux! It's really hard for me to get used for Arial i still didn't play with other fonts. However perhaps i'll replace Arial with some other font with FontConfig and i'll post results! Hi Avi,
Thanks for reply!
I just checked Arial in windows in case I’m missing something but it’s almost same as it is on Linux!
It’s really hard for me to get used for Arial i still didn’t play with other fonts.
However perhaps i’ll replace Arial with some other font with FontConfig and i’ll post results!

]]> By: Avi Alkalay http://blog.confiq.org/2008/04/fonts-with-linux-hebrew/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Avi Alkalay Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:14:38 +0000 http://blog.confiq.org/?p=3#comment-3 In terms of glyph quality, your fonts are rendering pretty well. Maybe for your taste Arial at this small size looks bad, but this is how this font should look. BTW, Arial was not designed to be used at this small sizes. Verdana and Tahoma are better in this case. Linux Sans Serif is Bitstream Vera (or Dejavu, or similar), a font very similar to Verdana. Just one note: I prefer Microsoft fonts because they are very well hinted so they look good at small sizes. This is not the case of Vera (Linux Sans Serif). If they hint Vera, from an beauty viewpoint it is a very nice font too. In terms of glyph quality, your fonts are rendering pretty well.

Maybe for your taste Arial at this small size looks bad, but this is how this font should look. BTW, Arial was not designed to be used at this small sizes. Verdana and Tahoma are better in this case.

Linux Sans Serif is Bitstream Vera (or Dejavu, or similar), a font very similar to Verdana.

Just one note: I prefer Microsoft fonts because they are very well hinted so they look good at small sizes. This is not the case of Vera (Linux Sans Serif). If they hint Vera, from an beauty viewpoint it is a very nice font too.

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