Infinality on Quantal (aka Smooth Font Rendering under KDE)

[starbuck]

Hi everyone,

I was following this thread here for Precise:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...re-they-better

Still some questions:
Do I need to install any other packages than those that ship default with Kubuntu or patch and compile new ones, for example:
https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname/+archive/ppa

How do all these things relate to each other, like fonts.conf, kdeglobals, cairo, xft, freetype, fontconfig, etc.?
Maybe someone could write a short tutorial explaining the things involved again, so one gets a clue other than following some steps and wonder whats going on, thanks

[starbuck]

Update:
I did these steps following this tutorial:
https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname/+archive/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install git-core
rm .fonts.conf
mkdir ~/.config/fontconfig
git clone git://github.com/achaphiv/fontconfig-infinality.git ~/.config/fontconfig
cd ~/.config/fontconfig/
./infinality/infctl.sh makestyles
./infinality/infctl.sh setstyle

But no matter what settings I choose with the last command, after logout/login I fail to see any difference.
Anything I need to consider?

[sealbhach]

Did you download the fontconfig-infinality package:

http://www.infinality.net/fedora/lin...0615_1.tar.bz2

and extract it into /etc/fonts ?

There's a readme that comes with that download that explains some stuff you need to do http://pastebin.com/RMRUQkS9


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