I have been raging about the font rendering on Linux for years. It just sucks. Font has jagged edges and it looks very weird. I dual-boot with windows and the font there is very nice. So, I asked Claude ai to help me and it did a great job and my font is now is actually better than windows. I wanted to share it with everyone in case you have the same issue with the font on Linux. Here it is: ### 1. First, install required packages: ``` sudo pacman -S freetype2 cairo fontconfig ``` ### 2. Install better fonts: ``` sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation noto-fonts ttf-roboto ttf-roboto-mono ttf-droid ttf-opensans ttf-hack ttf-fira-code ``` I have also installed Segoe ui and Segoe UI Variable fonts and that is what I'm using now. ### 3. Create or edit the font configuration file: ``` sudo mkdir -p /etc/fonts/conf.d sudo nano /etc/fonts/local.conf ``` ### 4. Add this configuration to local.conf: ``` true true hintslight rgb lcddefault false true medium ``` ### 5. Create a file for FreeType settings: ``` sudo nano/etc/profile.d/freetype2.sh ``` ### 6. Add these export commands (I found it there already, but it was commented out. Just removed the "#"): ``` export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=40" ``` ### 7. Enable subpixel rendering: (You might get a message that says "File exist", that's ok. It means it was already there) ``` sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/ sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/ ``` ### 8. Clear and regenerate font cache: ``` fc-cache -fv ``` ### 9. For better Java application fonts: ``` sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk fontconfig ``` ### 10. Reboot ************************************************************************ Additional optional steps: a. For better Firefox font rendering, in about:config: Set ``` gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode ``` to 5 (This doesn't exist in FF. You create it, set it to "number" and give it a value of 5) Set ``` gfx.webrender.all ``` to true b. If you use VSCode, add to settings.json: ``` { "editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code, 'Droid Sans Mono', 'monospace'", "editor.fontLigatures": true } ``` Truly hope this help someone. Share it with others if you think it will help them. Thanks :)