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Have you tried creating a new user and seeing if the fonts are OK when you log in as them? If so, you can start looking in your home directory for local settings which should have been upgraded during the dist-update Martin Philip Whateley wrote: > Hi Kevin > > Thanks again for all your help. > > I tried Knoppix (5.1.1 - I don't have the latest one). The fonts were a > little better, in that the line thickness was consistent, but not as > good as I used to get in Ubuntu. > > I also tried an Ubuntu 9.04 live CD I have, and the fonts were fine. I > also checked the live CD font configuration, and it appears to be the > same as my installed system. > > I also have other user accounts on my installed system, and their fonts > are fine. So I think it is something to do with my specific user > configuration. > > I have tried > sudo fc-cache -fv, and > sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config, > and neither made a difference, (but I think they should only affect the > root configuration, not my user specific files, and root GUI > applications also show good font resolution anyway.) > > >From the look of the fonts I do get, it almost seems as if the fonts are > not being found at all, and the system is trying to emulate a font > (badly). > > Any other ideas would be gratefully received. > > Phil > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html